From: Radical NetSurfer <radsmail AT juno DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: BAD strupr, BAD getw
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:44:18 -0400
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Tonight we had to create our very own code for

strupr

simply because DJGPP does NOT implement this function
correctly at ALL :(

experiment strupr():

"abcédef"  -->  "ABCéDEF"   expected!  BORLAND: CORRECT!
                        " ABC?def"     <--   DJGPP  INCORRECT  :(

observed behavior is:

STOP when FIRST non Alpha character is encounted!
this is NOT the way compilers as far back as I am aware of,
have ever handled   strupr,   strlwr !!

Borland, VisualC, both seem to know enough to actually read
the ENTIRE string and ONLY effect those Alpha characters encountered
for the ENTIRE LENGTH of the STRING!  sheesh!

PURPOSE: especially in this day of the Internet and
"connectivity-applications" it should be realized that FOREIGN
characters would ROUTINELY be encountered.  WHY would you want
a StrUpr/Lwr routine to STOP on the first non-Alpha character --- or
replace what appear to be ILLEGAL characters -- if simple DIGITs where
also encountered what happens (check that too guys)?

Digits, and Foreign characters should be  1) skipped completely, with
the rest of the string continuing to be scanned,

2) an ACCURATE and properly implemented method of ACTUALLY
converting Upper/Lower FOREIGN character set should be implemented.
(ah, Mr. Wizard, sir, how do we know an ASCII char represents a
foreign character, please?)

For now, our routine simply skips them,

DJGPP places illegal characters in the string || stops at the illegal
character.

-------------- problem #2 getw() --------------

also,  getw is defined in LIBC.TXT as:

int getw(FILE *file);

this is INCORRECT!

get-WORD()  should of been defined as:

short getw(FILE*);

as a WORD is "typically/natively" DEFINED AS 16-BIT!

When did a WORD become PLATFORM SPECIFIC?

DWORD == 32 bit == PC's for as long as anyone can remember!

I simply can not wait to hear the explanation for WORD being 16 bits.

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