RE: [xml] Re: Release of libxml2-2.6.16 build error

["Keim, Markus" <markus_keim ordat com>]

Hi all,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: J\\\'raxis [mailto:jraxis yahoo com]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:55 PM
> To: xml gnome org
> Subject: [xml] Re: Release of libxml2-2.6.16 build error
>
>
> Mikhail S Grushinskiy <mgrushinskiy <at> comcast.net> writes:
>
> > libxml2-2.6.16 build errors out on MINGW with MSYS in
> > encoding.c: In function `ISO8859xToUTF8':encoding.c:2338: 
> `xlattable' 
> > undeclared (first use in this function)
>
> Open the file in an editor, go to line 2338, and replace 
> "xlattable" with
> "unicodetable". It compiles fine afterward. Apparently this 
> line of code was
> copied from another function in which "xlattable" was the 
> name of the function
> parameter, and the author didn't think to rename the variable 
> when he copied it.
>
> This leads me to believe this particular revision of libxml2 
> wasn't even
> COMPILED before it was released, let alone tested. Not very 
> reassuring.

Apart from Daniels (astonishing polite) answer to that rant
I feel the need to note that this is quite an impudance,
stated from someone who has obvious no idea what an excellent
piece of software he/she is working with (if at all).

Ciao, Markus

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