Somehow I missed that this patch
* produces compilation errors in the gnulib tests:
../../gltests/test-string-buffer-reversed.c:113:32: error: passing
'rw_string_desc_t' (aka 'struct rw_string_desc_t') to parameter of incompatible
type 'string_desc_t' (aka 'struct string_desc_t')
113 | sb
Bruno Haible writes:
>> I have attached two patches that seem to fix the issue, but have not
>> pushed them in case I am misunderstanding the error.
>
> While your fix is correct, I prefer to stick to the principle
> "keep related things nearby together": since the attribute is about
> the argume
> $ gcc --version | sed 1q
> gcc (GCC) 15.1.1 20250425 (Red Hat 15.1.1-1)
And the error is reproducible also with other compiler versions.
gcc 13:
In file included from ../../gllib/string-desc.c:20:
../config.h:1361:28: error: attributes should be specified before the
declarator in a fu
Hi Collin,
> However, when doing the following commands in gettext:
>
> $ ./autopull.sh
> $ ./autogen.sh
> $ ./configure && make
>
> I see the following error:
>
> $ gcc --version | sed 1q
> gcc (GCC) 15.1.1 20250425 (Red Hat 15.1.1-1)
> $ make
> [...]
> gcc -DHA
Bruno Haible via Gnulib discussion list writes:
> This patch fixes this problem, by distinguishing read-only strings and
> writable strings.
>
> Obviously, I did not want to duplicate the functions, e.g. sd_length
> to sd_length and rwsd_length. A single function should be applicable
> to both re
