Re: Is --enable-utf8 working everywhere?

Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>
> > While errno is not a simple variable, compilers are smart enough to
> > treat it as if it is a simple variable, so just 'return errno' works
> > everywhere.
>
> Wrong. errno is in fact on most systems a hidden function call and the
> C language does not have any provisions to say that a function call can
> be eliminated because it always returns the same value and has no side
> effects. We have such a feature in gcc but it's not evailable
> everywhere.
>

If 'errno' is a function call, how the heck does 'errno = 0;' do
anything? If it works because the compiler/system treats errno
as a integral value, then everything else is moot.

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