Re: gawk-3.1.3-mbstate_t.patch for hpux

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello Michael,

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:54:13PM -0500, Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> mec> it's reasonable to add a HAVE_MBSTATE_T test.
> 
> stepan> I think it's better to use the AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC() macro instead.
> 
> I saw that macro and I chose not to use it.
> 
> I like to keep things orthogonal and atomic.  It's possible for a
> platform to have mbrtowc() function and no mbstate_t type, and it's
> possible for some applications to work properly on such a platform

Well, I don't have enough knowledge nor experience to argue with this.

I just decided to follow the `official' way.  And I feel that the
combination is weird, so I decided to be careful.

> stepan> Michael, are you willing to rework the patch according to my
> 
> Well, no.  [...]

It's OK, of course.
Thank you for taking your time to discussing the issue.

> (By the way, I use HP's test drive program.  Anyone else can get access
> to the same machines, although it takes some time to ftp in all the
> source you need to actually do work).

Thank you very much for this hint.  I'll write it somewhere where it won't
be lost.

Have a nice day,
        Stepan