Re: How to get isblank?

[Reuben Thomas]

2009/10/6 Bruno Haible <address@hidden>:
> Reuben Thomas wrote:
>> As far as I can see, there is an implementation of isblank in gnulib
>> for systems that lack it, but I can't see how I'm supposed to use it:
>> I can see the module c-ctypes which seems to be specifically for the C
>> locale, and unictype/ctype-blank module, which mentions
>> "generalisation", though it's not clear to me of what. What do I use
>> if I just want to get the C99 "isblank" macro/function from ctype.h?
>>
>> Sorry if I'm being dense, but perhaps there's an opportunity for
>> clarification here?
>
> The relevant documentation in gnulib for this function is in the file
> doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi:
>
>  "Gnulib module: ---
>
>   Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
>   @itemize
>   @end itemize
>
>   Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
>   @itemize
>   @item
>   This function is missing on some platforms:
>   AIX 4.3.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
>   @end itemize
>  "

D'oh, I should have found this. Thanks for the explanation.

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