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Re: [PATCH][BZ #6885] Clarify description of __freading and__fwriting

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 07:28:32AM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> These still don't really give any clarity about why you'd ever use these
> functions.  But it is an improvement from the old text anyway.  I don't
> think it's really any clearer, but it is in much more natural English.

I think the manual should simply document that they exist primarily
for use by gnulib and for some legacy software, and that their use in
new programs is not recommended...

Rich
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