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From: dbr@cybvax0.UUCP (Douglas Robinson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.lang.c
Subject: ctype_.o in /lib/libc.a wrong in 4.2BSD?
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 11:37:32 EST
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We have just noticed that the ascii 'SP' (or space, octal 040) is listed
as a punctuation character under 4.2BSD.  I checked with a V7 compatible
system and found it to be listed as only a 'isspace' character NOT 'ispunct'.

I strongly disagree to labelling 'SP' as a punctuation character, but
before patching ctype_.o I would like to get some opinions.  Please mail
to me.  I will summarize... Please - most importantly: will removing this
from the list of punctuation characters break anything under 4.2BSD???

Sorry if this has been discussed before... we don't have enough space to
archive discussion newsgroups.
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