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Re: [PATCH] Solaris needs strings.h when using index().

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HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Apr 4, 2006, 18:44 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Peter Eriksen" <s022018@student.dtu.dk> writes:
> 
>> From: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>
>> Date: Tue Apr 4 14:33:14 2006 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] Solaris needs strings.h when using index().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>
> 
> I think somebody else noticed this the other day but I'm
> undecided if it is easier to replace use of index with strchr,
> since we include <string.h> and use strchr() everywhere.
>

strchr() is definitely more portable. The further away you get from BSD heritage, the less likely it is that you're going to see bzero, index, et al whereas anything even remotely modern has memset, strchr, etc.

	-hpa
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  1. Solaris needs strings.h when using index().Peter Eriksen, Apr 4, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2006
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