Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/04/18/01:04:07
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, there's no `_farmemset'... grr. So what you have is fine.
> > [Suggestion: Could one be added? I'll write it :)]
>
> It is probably a good idea to add the whole slew of `_fmemXXX' and
> `_fstrXXX' functions, not only `_fmemset' (things like `_fmemcpy' and
> `_fstrlen', for example).
Yes, I agree.
>
> It is not clear to me whether they should assume _dos_ds or allow a
> selector as well. Compatibility seems to suggest the former, but far
> pointers have an entirely different meaning in DJGPP, so I'm not sure
> compatibility applies here (it might even confuse people and cause
> bugs).
IMHO, we should perhaps follow the naming convention we've already got.
`_farmemXXX', as opposed to `_fmemXXX', is longer, but it fits the
established scheme and might even prevent the aforementioned confusion,
since it will be obvious it's a different function.
Okay, I'll work on this over the next few days.
Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com
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