Re: strings.h on MSVC

[Bruno Haible]

> The MSVC compiler also has no <strings.h>.

And it has no strcasecmp(), strncasecmp() functions. To fix this, it's
sufficient to de-obsololetize the 'strcase' module, which provides the
replacements.


2011-09-11  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        strcase: Support for MSVC.
        * modules/strcase (Status, Notice): Remove obsoletion mark.
        * doc/posix-functions/strcasecmp.texi: Mention MSVC problem.
        * doc/posix-functions/strncasecmp.texi: Likewise.

--- doc/posix-functions/strcasecmp.texi.orig    Sun Sep 11 21:18:50 2011
+++ doc/posix-functions/strcasecmp.texi Sun Sep 11 18:26:01 2011
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some old platforms.
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+MSVC 9.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
--- doc/posix-functions/strncasecmp.texi.orig   Sun Sep 11 21:18:50 2011
+++ doc/posix-functions/strncasecmp.texi        Sun Sep 11 18:26:01 2011
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
 @itemize
 @item
-This function is missing on some old platforms.
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+MSVC 9.
 @end itemize
 
 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
--- modules/strcase.orig        Sun Sep 11 21:18:50 2011
+++ modules/strcase     Sun Sep 11 18:26:01 2011
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 Description:
 Case-insensitive string comparison functions.
 
-Status:
-obsolete
-
-Notice:
-This module is obsolete.
-
 Files:
 lib/strcasecmp.c
 lib/strncasecmp.c
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