Re: [Bug-gnulib] 03-getndelim2-c89.diff

[Bruno Haible]

Derek Robert Price wrote:

> What about the pre-ANSI C function declarations in memmove.c and maybe
> elsewhere:
>
> void *
> memmove (dest, source, length)
>      char *dest;
>      const char *source;
>      unsigned length;
> {
>
> Is that just lack of motivation to update them or is there a reason for
> leaving them that way?

1. Lack of motivation - why bother with these old modules that are not
used by most packages.
2. Lack of testing facilities - the systems on which these modules
were necessary (SunOS, Ultrix etc.) are not available for testing to
most of us.

Bruno