Re: suggestions for getopt*.c in libiberty

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From: bothner
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 16:07

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> I want to put it after -lc, since any existing routines on a particular
> Unix are probably more efficient than the versions in -liberty.

Most routines in libiberty are there only if there is no
corresponding routine in libc.  Any other routines are unlikely
to be any more efficient in libc.

The efficiency of getopt is particularly irrelevant - even if
it made a difference, why do you think the system version is preferable?

> Also, it would be nice if libiberty.tar.Z, with it's own configure, could
> appear in prep.ai.mit.edu:~ftp/pub/gnu.

There are no plans for this, since libiberty is just a utility library
for Cygnus releases.  It has no particular deocumentation or specification.
If non-Cygnus packages start using it, we might re-consider.

	--Per Bothner
Cygnus Support     bothner@cygnus.com

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