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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:55:15 -0500
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Stefan Puiu <stefan.puiu@...il.com>, Guillem Jover <guillem@...rons.org>,
Andrew Clayton <andrew@...ital-domain.net>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>, Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>,
Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@...tematicsw.ab.ca>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] memmem.3: Added list of known systems where
this is available
On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 9:29 AM Alejandro Colomar
<alx.manpages@...il.com> wrote:
> ...
> >> In any case I also find it useful to have this kind of portability
> >> information when deciding what to use in code.
>
> And I must admit it's also useful to me (this all started because Andrew and I
> had to use memmem(3) at a project where macOS compatibility is relevant --not
> critical, but relevant--).
If you are a die-hard free software person using GNU gear, then Gnulib
provides memmem. There's no need to worry about availability or
portability courtesy of Gnulib. See
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/memmem.html .
Jeff
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