[Proj] Modern C functions
Frank Warmerdam
warmerdam at pobox.com
Thu Feb 26 12:31:47 EST 2009
Gerald I. Evenden wrote:
>Frank wrote:
>> My experience has been that all POSIX environments have these functions,
>> but that Win32 (aka MSVC) instead uses strnicmp() and stricmp() to do the
>> same thing. I've lived with macros like:
>>
>> #ifndef EQUAL
>> #if defined(WIN32) || defined(WIN32CE)
>> # define EQUALN(a,b,n) (strnicmp(a,b,n)==0)
>> # define EQUAL(a,b) (stricmp(a,b)==0)
>> #else
>> # define EQUALN(a,b,n) (strncasecmp(a,b,n)==0)
>> # define EQUAL(a,b) (strcasecmp(a,b)==0)
>> #endif
>> #endif
>
> It is pointless to make a tirade against a sebaceous entity seeking world
> domination, the embodiment of "Big Brother", but I cannot imagine who, what
> or why the "i" means in the name stricmp.
Gerald,
I believe is stands for "insensitive" which applies to the case comparison
and their level of respect for developers trying build portable applications.
> Sigh!
Indeed!
Best regards,
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