Re: lynx-dev strcasecomp/strncasecomp

[T.E.Dickey]

> The new code doesn't replace the prior; it's wrapped in "#ifdef SH_EX". 
> I haven't tried it, but it seems that with SH_EX defined, I'd get a 
> multiply defined function error. 

yes (but I didn't expect you would define SH_EX for os390).
  
> > (I figured people would argue about whether the speed is really that 
> > different, 
> > and we'd get some sort of consensus about whether it was enough to be 
> > useful). 
> >    
> Was speed the objective?  I notice that some of the new code exploits the 
> "register" storage class.  Author's whim, I guess. 

I thought the point of the table lookup was speed (it may be a workaround
for bad libraries).   Maybe Henry can find someone to translate the
corresponding change notes - then we may change things.  iirc, the only
place where I really changed his logic (other than fixing compiler warnings)
was in the LYExternals.c stuff - the approach for quoting command lines was
not what I wanted.
  
> -- gil  
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