#182 strcasecmp undeclared in cygwin

[Ted Percival]

Tested with version 1.1.2

When compiling a project which includes <cc++/socket.h>
under cygwin, a compiler error occurs:

/usr/local/include/cc++/strchar.h: In member function
`virtual int
ost::keystring::compare(const char*)':
/usr/local/include/cc++/strchar.h:103: error:
`strcasecmp' undeclared (first
use this function)

This can be tested with the following code:

// sample code start
#include <cc++/socket.h>

int main(void) {
return 0;
}
// sample code end

I'm not a seasoned C or C++ programmer, but was able to
bypass the error by inserting the following code into
/usr/local/include/cc++/strchar.c on line 71 (just
after the end of the "#ifdef HAVE_STRCASECMP" block)

// code start
#undef stricmp
#define stricmp(x, y) strcmp(x, y)

#undef strnicmp
#define strnicmp(x, y) strncmp(x, y)
// code end

[Ted Percival]

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The line in strchar.h on which the error occurs (103)
contains this code:

{return stricmp(c_str, s2);};

[Ted Percival]

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Clarification: I inserted the code into strchar.h *not*
strchar.c

I'm sure my mistake was quite obvious, but I'm posting this
follow up to be sure.

[David Sugar]

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strcasecmp functions are typical in gnu systems. Generally the
configure script tests for strcasecmp in the libc, and if it finds it,
uses strcasecmp and reroutes the stricmp functions to that. My
question is rather why the configure script is reporting libc has a
strcasecmp function when either the cygwin libc doesn't, or
doesn't impliment a header definition for it. I would look for
strcasecmp in the /usr/include/string.h headers on cygwin, and
see if there is any specific #define that might disable/skip
strcasecmp function definitions.