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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:22:20 +0100
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx+linux-man@...nel.org>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Cc: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@...c17.net>,
Alejandro Colomar <alx@...nel.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org, libc-alpha@...rceware.org,
Walter Harms <wharms@....de>, ~hallyn/shadow@...ts.sr.ht, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v1] man/man3/crypt.3: These functions accept
many algorithms, not only DES
Hi Rich,
> Date: 2026-11-12 13:08:52-0500
> From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
>
[...]
> As an aside, can we please remove the language using nonstandard
> gnulib functions (streq) that are not part of any standard library?
> This is not doing anyone a service. Experienced C programmers will
> understand it as essentially pseudocode and write something correct
> themselves, but novices will be confused why their code doesn't work.
Okay.
> I assume you have some sort of thing against strcmp,
I do.
> but that kind of
> polemic treatment does not belong in descriptive documentation.
Ok.
As an aside, would you mind implementing streq(3) in musl?
Have a lovely night!
Alex
>
> Rich
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