Re: [xml] final output filtering?

[Fred_Smith computrition com]

ANSI/ISO C defines the 'b' cases as having no effect on platforms where
text and binary do not differ. if a platform claims to support ANSI/ISO C,
then it must accept the 'b' even if it has no meaning for that platform.

Fred






Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com> on 06/10/2003 02:16:48 PM

Please respond to veillard redhat com

To:   Justin Fletcher <justin fletcher ntlworld com>
cc:   xml gnome org (bcc: Fred Smith/Computrition)
Subject:  Re: [xml] final output filtering?




On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 05:42:46PM +0100, Justin Fletcher wrote:
>         fd = fopen(path, "wb");
>
> that is, the conditional case seems completely redundant to me. You want
> the data to be treated as binary so I would have thought that you would
> always want to open it for binary output. Thus avoiding the problem of
> line endings on platforms you haven't yet encountered (broken C libraries
> not withstanding).
  the 'b' extension is a pure Microsoftism ... that would break on
most platforms !
Daniel
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