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0 pointsAaronBallman6y ago0 comments

Correct -- it would be nice if the glibc maintainers would reconsider their opinion of supporting the optional Annex K functionality. There is definitely user demand for the feature.

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beefhash6y ago· 2 in thread

And every BSD out there. And whatever it is that macOS does. Microsoft looks to be the outlier to me.

loeg6y ago

Microsoft does not even implement Annex K.

> Microsoft Visual Studio implements an early version of the APIs. However, the implementation is incomplete and conforms neither to C11 nor to the original TR 24731-1.

> As a result of the numerous deviations from the specification the Microsoft implementation cannot be considered conforming or portable.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1967.htm

saagarjha6y ago

macOS is POSIX compliant.

eqvinox6y ago

> rseacord 22 minutes ago [-]

> The C Committee has taken two votes on this, and in each case, the committee has been equally divided. Without a consensus to change the standard, the status quo wins.

The fact that it has only survived on status quo is a pretty crass hint that things aren't well with Annex K.

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