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Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store?

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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 11:46:21 AM UTC-4, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> On Fri, 29 May 2020 21:23:00 -0700
>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 26 May 2020 07:14:01 -0700
>>>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I still think a bug report should be filed against gcc
>>>>>> itself.  If gcc is going to allow outside forces (meaning
>>>>>> ones completely outside its control) to alter its behavior
>>>>>> so it is no longer conforming, there should at least be an
>>>>>> option to prevent such alterations.
>
> As a user, you have that option:  install a version of gcc that
> was not so patched.

Apparently I haven't made myself clear.  I see no reason to
suppose that gcc has been patched by anyone outside the gcc
developer group.  It seems more likely that they put in a
capability for enabling these transformations, triggered by a
setting in library header files.  The people who put together the
Ubuntu distribution simply enabled the setting in the library
headers;  they didn't any changes to gcc itself.  So gcc should
have a way of turning off that outside interference, since they
are the ones who enabled it in the first place.

Disclaimer:  I have no direct knowledge of who made what changes
to gcc source.  I am simply making an educated guess based on
whatever miscellaneous evidence has been discovered during my
various perusings.

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Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-05-23 07:51 -0700
  Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-05-23 20:27 +0200
    Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-05-23 14:25 -0700
      Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-05-26 07:09 -0700
    Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-05-26 07:14 -0700
      Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2020-05-26 16:00 +0000
        Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-05-29 21:23 -0700
          Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2020-05-30 20:08 +0000
            Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-06-03 08:46 -0700
              Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-06-03 10:18 -0700
                Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-06-23 05:35 -0700
                Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-06-26 06:32 -0700
              Re: How many wide characters may mbstowcs store? raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2020-06-04 20:34 +0000

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