From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Why does DJGPP support itoa() but Linux does not?
Date: 10 May 2001 17:46:34 GMT
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Stefan Viljoen <Stefan_Viljoen AT excite DOT com> wrote:

> I am using Redhat 6.0 - there seems to be not itoa() in Linux? 

itoa() is a DOSism, which exists in DJGPP only for the sake of
compatibility to older DOS compilers. For bases 8, 10 or 16, and
portable programs, you should use sprintf() instead. Otherwise, you
have to provide your own implementation of itoa() and use that if
there is none in the libc.

You could have guessed that from the libc documentation. "info libc
alpha itoa" contains this:

Portability
-----------

not ANSI, not POSIX



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