Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 20:41:51 -0800 (PST)
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From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Suggestion: Portability section for libc docs
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Although DJGPP is of course the best DOS development environment in the
known universe :), there is one feature I miss from Turbo C. There, the
documentation for each function included a "Portability" section, indicating
how possible it would be to use the function on other systems. I'd like to
suggest something similar be added to DJGPP. Each function could say whether
it is ANSI, POSIX, available on Unix or other DOS compilers, unique to
DJGPP, etc.

Before everyone gets upset, I am willing to work on this myself. However, I
don't have the ANSI or POSIX standards and don't have much experience with
other DOS compilers, other than a very old version of Turbo C. Perhaps
someone can tell me where I can get (by e-mail or FTP only, please)
summaries or lists of functions defined by the standards (or even the
standards themselves, though I gather they cost lots of money :( ).

I think this would be a significant aid to people trying to write portable
programs with DJGPP.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net