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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.
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1 @node strcasecmp
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2 @section @code{strcasecmp}
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3 @findex strcasecmp
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5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strcasecmp.html}
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7 Gnulib module: strcase
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9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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10 @itemize
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12 This function is missing on some platforms:
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13 MSVC 9.
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14 @end itemize
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16 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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19 This function cannot work correctly on character strings in multibyte locales.
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20 Gnulib provides an alternative function @code{mbscasecmp} that does a case
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21 insensitive comparison of character strings and that works in all locales.
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22 @end itemize