[Info-vax] C99 updates to CRTL

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-07-31, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 6:35:19 PM UTC-4, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> 
>> A custom variant of the C RTL.  The standard C RTL on OpenVMS is a bit 
>> of a mess to use, bluntly.  Which means we've been replacing routines, 
>> and wrapping routines.
>> 
>
> Yeah, like that will let 100s of different CRTLs spring into existence.  And you think Windows DLL hell or all the DECC$ feature logicals are problems...
>

There's also the security and auditing implications if someone wanted
to use that modified CRTL in production use.

At least the current approach of replacing a defective or limited CRTL
routine with your own in a particular application can be more easily
audited.

>
> We have a long list of changes/improvments to make.  We've been trying to find more resources to do it.  I've pushed for guidelines on letting people contribute code (not quite open source but the best we can do given our HPE agreement).  
>

There's also the legal aspect from a copyright point of view.

You may very well have to end up with ownership of that contributed
code transferred to VSI for the same reasons the FSF also require
ownership transfer.

Simon.

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