To: michaels AT vsl DOT com DOT AU (Michael Snoswell)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: ctype.h problem 
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 09:19:44 -0700
From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo AT hpnmxx DOT sr DOT hp DOT com>

> In the end I declared a variable of my own, char _ctype_[512]; 
> and it compiled and linked fine.

     Your program won't work right, however.

     The "_ctype_" array is an array of flags, which describes the type
of each character (i.e., uppercase, lowercase, control, etc.).  Not
using the correct array will make your program malfunction.

     -- Darryl Okahata
	Internet: darrylo AT sr DOT hp DOT com

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