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ttyname_r: Work around bug on Android 4.3. * m4/ttyname_r.m4 (gl_FUNC_TTYNAME_R): Test whether ttyname_r is a stub. * lib/ttyname_r.c (ttyname_r): Implement for Android. * doc/posix-functions/ttyname_r.texi: Mention the Android bug. * doc/posix-functions/ttyname.texi: Likewise.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:56:31 +0100
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@node hypotl
@section @code{hypotl}
@findex hypotl

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/hypotl.html}

Gnulib module: hypotl or hypotl-ieee

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{hypotl} or @code{hypotl-ieee}:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, Cygwin, MSVC 14, Interix 3.5, BeOS, Android 4.4.
@item
This function produces very imprecise results on some platforms:
OpenBSD 5.1/SPARC.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{hypotl-ieee}:
@itemize
@item
When the arguments are mixed NaN and Infinity, this function returns a wrong
value on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1, mingw, MSVC 14.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize