Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 70980 invoked by uid 500); 18 Jun 2002 02:49:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 70967 invoked from network); 18 Jun 2002 02:49:02 -0000 Subject: Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/src/ap ap_strtol.c Makefile.tmpl To: dev@httpd.apache.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.7 March 21, 2001 Message-ID: From: "David McCreedy" Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:48:45 -0600 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on d27ml602/27/M/IBM(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 06/17/2002 09:49:10 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N I should be able to submit a patch for that on Tuesday afternoon. Is that too late for 1.3.25? -David Cliff Woolley cc: Subject: Re: cvs commit: apache-1.3/src/ap ap_strtol.c Makefile.tmpl 06/17/2002 08:39 PM Please respond to dev On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, David McCreedy wrote: > The ap_strtol function in ap_strtol.c assumes that A-Z / a-z are contiguous > ranges (and I'm glad to say it documents this assumption). > While this is true for ASCII it is NOT true for EBCDIC machines: TPF, > OS390, and BS2000. > In EBCDIC, A-I / a-i are contiguous, J-R / j-r are contiguous, and S-Z / > s-z are contiguous. > I know this is true for TPF and strongly believe it is also true for OS390 > and BS2000. Wow. :) Good catch. Will you author a patch for us? I don't consider it a showstopper for 1.3.25, but in the long run, yeah it would be nice to have fixed. Just change it for the EBCDIC case... no need to add overhead for ASCII machines. Thanks, Cliff