bsd/citrus iconv

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Garrett Wollman <wollman at hergotha.csail.mit.edu> writes:
> POSIX doesn't specify libc or any other library.  It specifies (by
> omission) that the function shall be available when the "c99" command
> is used without any special "-l" arguments (such as "-l rt").  It can
> be located in any library, so long as "c99" always includes that
> library when building an executable.

I beg to differ.  The c99 man page explicitly lists a number of
libraries (libc, libi, libpthread, libm, librt, libtrace, libxnet and
liby), and states that libc will contain all functions *except* those
defined in a short list of headers.  This list does not include
<iconv.h>; therefore, iconv must be in libc, cf. the original meaning of
"the exception that proves the rule".

DES
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