Re: Porting m4 to z/OS
Eric Blake <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [Please keep mail on the list; it makes it easier to revisit in the archives. Adding bug-gnulib, since that is where the stdio enhancements are maintained] According to David Crayford on 7/30/2008 7:46 AM: | |> Good point. There is a lot of rework from the m4 that was ported back in |> 2001 vs 1.4.11. I notice some functions in lib |> such as fpurge() etc that I will need to port. My background is systems |> programming, and I made a start with 1.4.11 reverse |> engineering the z/OS FILE opaque type into a structure that I kind of |> understand. FILE consists of a visible |> portion for getc(), putc() and a hidden section which has all the |> interesting stuff. I'm not familiar with fpurge() |> etc but with your help I'm confident of a good result. Yes, m4 uses quite a few of the stdio enhancement functions available from gnulib; Bruno Haible has more tips on how to port them to a new platform. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiRCqwACgkQ84KuGfSFAYAJGwCgwPPLPiPW12Q4G9MyGVvdw+w5 H2gAn3OBtmK6jBrfVgj37jWWIy3H1At8 =R48b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----