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Incorporate existing memmem doc into new doc structure.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
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1 @node memmem
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2 @subsection @code{memmem}
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3 @findex memmem
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5 Gnulib module: memmem or memmem-simple
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7 Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{memmem-simple}
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8 or @code{memmem}:
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9 @itemize
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10 @item
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11 This function is missing on some platforms:
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12 MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 5.2.1, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 4.3.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
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13 @item
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14 This function has reversed arguments on some older platforms:
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15 Linux libc 5.0.9
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16 @end itemize
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18 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{memmem}:
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19 @itemize
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20 @item
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21 This function returns incorrect values in some cases, such as when
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22 given an empty needle:
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23 glibc <= 2.0, Cygwin 1.5.x.
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24 @item
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25 This function has quadratic instead of linear worst-case complexity on some
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26 platforms:
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27 glibc 2.6.1, FreeBSD 6.2, NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x.
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28 @end itemize
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30 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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31 @itemize
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32 @end itemize