From: Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.anu.edu.au> To: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Subject: Re: regex.h, regcomp and regexec? Standard? Message-Id: <19980418023022Z12631004-458+7682@samba.anu.edu.au> Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 12:30:17 +1000
> ...
> This way we could keep all system dependent stuff out of the code (no
> #ifdef ...) and porting to a new architecture was quite easy, as we could
> normally find something close to start with, then modify the .h and .c
> files.
>
> I do realize that this would be a huge change, but ...
> Would I do it? Yep, I would. But not within two weeks.
yep! it's already done to some extent in Samba. That is exactly what
system.c is for. We haven't done a complete job, but at least we have
started :-)
Cheers, Andrew