isascii (was: Another pitfall. Signed chars and ctype.h)

Jeff Aguilera jeffa at hpmwtd.HP.COM
Sat Feb 24 05:26:05 AEST 1990


> Then the missing isascii() wouldn't even be needed.
> This was proposed to the Committee and rejected on the (incorrect)
> grounds that it couldn't be implemented without the macro's having
> to evaluate its arguments more than once.

Introduce the inline keyword, and then inline all the ctype functions.
Simple solution, superior in all respects.  (Gawd, ANSI C is brain dead.)
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jeffa



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