From: Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>,
Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>,
"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>,
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>,
linux-man@vger.kernel.org, bug-gnulib@gnu.org,
libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: the Linux man-pages as an educational tool
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 19:31:19 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e286f321-28bd-4085-7fb8-20d103cb21a2@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <am-2d02e1qq78Asv@devuan>
On Sun, 2 Aug 2026, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> If <string.h> was described as providing functions that exclusively
> handle strings, then programmers that only need to handle strings would
> naturally self-limit to functions from this header file.
A one-line change to the description of <string.h> in the C standard, from
"String handling" to "String and memory utilities" or similar, to make
clear it's *not* (and never has been) exclusively handling strings, might
well make sense. That's all the change that I think makes sense in this
area.
--
Joseph S. Myers
josmyers@redhat.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 19:31 UTC|newest]
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2026-07-31 21:18 [PATCH 0/2] alx-0097r1 - <memory.h>, the legitimate header for memcpy(3) et al Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 21:18 ` [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h> Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 21:23 ` Joseph Myers
2026-07-31 21:28 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 21:54 ` Sam James
2026-07-31 22:18 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 0:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 14:43 ` Sam James
2026-07-31 21:51 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform (was: [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h>) G. Branden Robinson
2026-07-31 21:59 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform Sam James
2026-07-31 22:24 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-07-31 23:19 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 14:52 ` Sam James
2026-08-01 12:01 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 12:04 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 14:38 ` Sam James
2026-08-01 15:15 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 16:10 ` Sam James
2026-08-01 17:09 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 21:34 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-01 22:22 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 22:26 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 13:42 ` Joseph Myers
2026-08-03 14:22 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 14:38 ` on glibc forking/reclaiming its man pages (was: on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform) G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-03 14:44 ` Joseph Myers
2026-08-03 15:18 ` G. Branden Robinson
[not found] ` <CAETFuj2OwoyK9J85r2f0RoXbHbXKA4gQJ=JZ-7=QoqGcMwk0+Q@mail.gmail.com>
2026-08-01 22:44 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 23:24 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 23:53 ` proposed revision to memory.h(3head) (was: on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform) G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-02 0:27 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 1:03 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 0:47 ` proposed revision to memory.h(3head) Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 17:58 ` Mark Harris
2026-08-03 18:47 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 20:14 ` Mark Harris
2026-08-03 23:36 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-04 3:25 ` Mark Harris
2026-08-03 14:10 ` proposed revision to memory.h(3head) (was: on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform) Joseph Myers
2026-08-03 14:31 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 12:52 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform Steve Summit
2026-08-02 13:17 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 13:45 ` Steve Summit
2026-08-02 14:11 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 19:28 ` Paul Eggert
2026-08-02 20:31 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 3:28 ` Paul Eggert
2026-08-03 11:39 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 13:23 ` Joseph Myers
2026-08-01 20:18 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-01 20:42 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 20:45 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 20:52 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-01 21:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 22:10 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform (was: [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h>) Joseph Myers
2026-07-31 22:21 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 22:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h> G. Branden Robinson
2026-07-31 22:42 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform (was: [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h>) Joseph Myers
2026-07-31 22:52 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 23:11 ` Joseph Myers
2026-07-31 23:32 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-01 12:39 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 14:26 ` Christopher Bazley
2026-08-01 15:29 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 23:45 ` on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform (was: " Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 12:39 ` Douglas McIlroy
2026-08-01 19:54 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-01 20:35 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 23:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h> G. Branden Robinson
2026-07-31 23:28 ` Joseph Myers
2026-07-31 23:57 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-01 0:06 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 22:05 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 22:16 ` Joseph Myers
2026-07-31 22:33 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 23:48 ` [PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem, strn}*(): " Collin Funk
2026-07-31 23:52 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 0:01 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-04 2:35 ` Thorsten Glaser
2026-07-31 21:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] man/man*/{string.3,memory.h.3head}: Move functions to a new page memory.h(3head) Alejandro Colomar
2026-07-31 21:20 ` [PATCH 0/2] alx-0097r1 - <memory.h>, the legitimate header for memcpy(3) et al Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 0:25 ` [PATCH v2] man/man3/mem*(): SYNOPSIS: Document non-standard mem*() functions as provided by <memory.h> Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 22:22 ` Bruno Haible
2026-08-01 22:38 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 22:55 ` Bruno Haible
2026-08-01 23:10 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 23:26 ` Collin Funk
2026-08-01 23:34 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-01 23:29 ` Paul Eggert
2026-08-01 23:36 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 0:08 ` the Linux man-pages as an educational tool (was: [PATCH v2] man/man3/mem*(): SYNOPSIS: Document non-standard mem*() functions as provided by <memory.h>) G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-02 0:45 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 1:04 ` the Linux man-pages as an educational tool Collin Funk
2026-08-02 1:15 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-02 1:15 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 1:49 ` Collin Funk
2026-08-02 11:29 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 11:47 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 12:04 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 21:23 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-08-02 21:34 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 23:08 ` Arsen Arsenović
2026-08-02 23:10 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-02 23:27 ` Collin Funk
2026-08-02 23:37 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 23:41 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-02 23:42 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 1:12 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 2:09 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-03 12:21 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 14:05 ` Sam James
2026-08-03 14:40 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 15:34 ` G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-03 16:11 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 16:15 ` Sam James
2026-08-03 16:43 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 10:28 ` the Linux man-pages as an educational tool... and a bit about C Αγαθοκλής Χατζημανίκας
2026-08-03 14:03 ` the Linux man-pages as an educational tool Sam James
2026-08-03 14:28 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-04 2:39 ` Collin Funk
2026-08-03 16:09 ` on project management (was: the Linux man-pages as an educational tool) G. Branden Robinson
2026-08-03 19:46 ` enh
2026-08-03 21:09 ` on project management Arsen Arsenović
2026-08-02 23:30 ` the Linux man-pages as an educational tool Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 11:00 ` Arsen Arsenović
2026-08-03 16:07 ` Jeffrey Walton
2026-08-03 16:17 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 19:31 ` Joseph Myers [this message]
2026-08-03 19:47 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 13:51 ` When and why realloc(,0) was broken in glibc in 1999 Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 12:35 ` the Linux man-pages as an educational tool Bruno Haible
2026-08-03 13:07 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-08-03 19:45 ` Joseph Myers
2026-08-03 19:50 ` Alejandro Colomar
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