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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:42:40 +0000
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2021, James Y Knight wrote:

> Wouldn't it be far simpler to just un-deprecate bcmp?

The aim is to have something to which calls can be generated in all 
standards modes.  bcmp has never been part of ISO C; there's nothing to 
undeprecate there.

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