Re: [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem, strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h>

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From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
To: Collin Funk <[email protected]>
Cc: Joseph Myers <[email protected]>, [email protected], 
	Keith Bostic <[email protected]>, Mark Harris <[email protected]>, 
	Nevin Liber <[email protected]>, JeanHeyd Meneide <[email protected]>, 
	Christopher Bazley <[email protected]>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]>, 
	Iker Pedrosa <[email protected]>, "Evgeny Grin (Karlson2k)" <[email protected]>, 
	Kees Cook <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem, strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS:
 Document these as provided by <memory.h>
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Hi Collin,

> Date: 2026-08-01 01:52:37+0200
> From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
>
> Hi Collin,
>=20
> > Date: 2026-07-31 16:48:38-0700
> > From: Collin Funk <[email protected]>
> >
> > Joseph Myers <[email protected]> writes:
> >=20
> > > I'd rather we add a mandatory deprecation warning to memory.h in glib=
c.
> >=20
> > I would be for this change, and am surprised it has not already been
> > done, to honest. The use of memory.h is a good indicator code hasn't
> > been touched since the 80s.
>=20
> Or that it has been touched in 2026.  :)

FWIW, a Debian code search shows 8.9k entries of 'include\s*<memory.h>',
including for example in utils-linux, which is well maintained code.

That breaking change is well beyond what I think can be possibly done.


Cheers,
Alex


>=20
> Cheers,
> Alex
>=20
> >=20
> > Collin
>=20
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> <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>



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