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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Optimizing the code: way to reduce if, else if-s within the loop?
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Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> writes:
>>If you're trying to implement it (i.e., write your own version), then
>>(a) it's not necessary, since all conforming C implementations provide
>>it in <stddef.h>, and (b) there is no completely portable way to
>>implement it (which is part of why it's defined in the standard
>>library).
>
> Of course you meant standard header, not library.

Yes, "standard header" would have been more precise.  (On the other
hand, it's specified in the "Library" section of the standard,
which is what I meant to refer to.)

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