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musl - an implementation of the standard library for Linux-based systems
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historically, a number of 32-bit archs used long rather than int for wchar_t, for no good reason. GCC still uses the historical types, but clang replaced them all with int, and it seems PCC uses int too. mismatching the compiler's type for wchar_t is not an option due to wide string literals. note that the mismatch does not affect C++ ABI since wchar_t is its own builtin type/keyword in C++, distinct from both int and long, not a typedef. i386 already worked around this by honoring __WCHAR_TYPE__ if defined by the compiler, and only using the official legacy ABI type if not. add the same to the other affected archs. it might make sense at some point to switch to using int as the default if __WCHAR_TYPE__ is not defined, if the expectations is that new compilers will treat int as the correct choice, but it's unlikely that the case where __WCHAR_TYPE__ is undefined will ever be used anyway. I actually wanted to move the definition of wchar_t to the top-level shared alltypes.h.in, using __WCHAR_TYPE__ and falling back to int if not defined, but that can't be done without assuming all compilers define __WCHAR_TYPE__ thanks to some pathological archs where the ABI has wchar_t as an unsigned type. |
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musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/