Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 13:15:08 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Suggestion: Portability section for libc docs
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On 14 Feb 1998, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

> Another idea in the same vein, the logical complement: A section of dox
> about nonstandard functions/things DJGPP *doesn't* have, like ecvt()

IMHO, this doesn't belong to the libc docs.  The library reference is
a document which describes the library.  It shouldn't describe things
which are NOT in the library.  It is even impossible to do so, since
the libc docs are arranged by the function names.

I do agree that it would be nice to have such an addition, but it
should go into the DJGPP Knowledge Base (info/kb.inf), not into the
libc docs.  I think it should be a part of a tutorial about porting
software to DJGPP (any takers?).