Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp From: Yedema Subject: Re: Suggestion: Portability section for libc docs Message-ID: Sender: yedema AT isthp1 Cc: eldredge AT ap DOT net Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 13:18:27 GMT Lines: 45 References: <199802110533 DOT VAA06002 AT adit DOT ap DOT net> Organization: Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Netherlands To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Nate Eldredge writes: > Ned Ulbricht wrote: > >Obviously there's not a problem with relying on public domain > >references when they're relevent and available. And certain functions > >can just be declared non-portable (djgpp only or gcc only) by fiat. But > >to list something as portable will usually require relying on sources > >which are not in the public domain--unless we test it ourselves. > Are you saying there is a legal problem with saying "Microsoft C supports > `int86'" if we have gleaned that from reading Microsoft documentation? That > seems hard to believe, but I suppose it's possible. Perhaps we could avoid > specifically mentioning the competition and say, "`int86' is available on > other DOS compilers"? Any other thoughts here? It might not be a bad idea to just ask them, I mean, this information isn't really top-secret. And it might even help them, they won't get so many questions about why stuff doesn't work when ported to their compiler. > > Eli wrote: > >You don't need the standards, it is enough to look into the DJGPP > >headers. > Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. Of course, those were made by people who > knew what standards supported what features, so I can avoid doing all that > work again. Well, at my work I have got an ANSI-standard documentation, obviously I can't work on the docs there (besided the copyright thingy), and honoustly I don't feel like writing those docs. I can, however, verify things, that would not go against the copyright, would it? > > George wrote: > >There are a lot of functions in the docs though; perhaps they should > >be `farmed out' to volunteers? > Any volunteers? :) > I'm not sure what would be the best way to divide it: per-function, > per-platform, ?? In any case, any help would be greatly appreciated. Another thing, It would be a big help if the docs would be put in a dos-tsr help-program, like norton guides or helppc. I `ported' the info pages that come with djgpp to the norton guides. Prehaps that's useful? There are several bugs in it though (in the info pages too). > -- Yedema, ing. W.F.D. Philips Research Laboratories Building WL 1 113, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands Phone: +31-40-743938 E-mail: yedema AT natlab DOT research DOT philips DOT com