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Replace the isw* functions on Linux libc5.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:56:52 +0200
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@node memcmp
@section @code{memcmp}
@findex memcmp

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/memcmp.html}

Gnulib module: memcmp

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some older platforms.
@item
This function does not work on 8-bit data on some older platforms:
SunOS 4.1.3.
@item
This function fails when comparing 16 bytes or more and with at least one
buffer not starting on a 4-byte boundary on some older platforms:
NeXTstep/x86.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize