Re: [PATCH 2/3] strcmp.3: Reference strstr(3)

[Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 02:15:31PM +0100, Mark Hills wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Why do you think this patch is needed?
>
> I deemed that strstr() was relevant as the 'other' string comparison  
> function, but didn't go as far as to reference character-based functions  
> like strchr(). Apologies that the commit message didn't explain this.
>
> However, after sending the patch I was made aware of string(3). To make 
> it easy to discover the string functions (as this patch intended to do) 
> would it be more appropriate for all functions listed in string(3) to 
> reference it?

I'd agree, I've never known of string(3) either.

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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