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diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/README.internal b/lib/erl_interface/src/README.internal index c1f2d6863f..42c45b46a9 100644 --- a/lib/erl_interface/src/README.internal +++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/README.internal @@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ NOTE!!!! Sending a "char" to macros like isupper(), isalpha() where the character is > 127 will cause serios problems on some machines/OS. The reason is that - 'char' may be unsigned, i.e. the Swedish char '�' will + 'char' may be unsigned, i.e. the Swedish char 'ä' will as a number be negativ. The implementation of isupper() and others will on some machines use an array that is indexed with the incoming - character code. The Swedish '�' will then create an access + character code. The Swedish 'ä' will then create an access on memory outside the array! This may give a random value as a result or a segmentation @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ There are some functions in the 'ei' library that uses the GCC and VC++ "long long" type. Unfortunately this can lead to some trouble. When user code is linked with the "libei.a" the linker will extract -all objects files needed for resolving all symbol referenses +all objects files needed for resolving all symbol references found. This means that you want to follow the rule that * To reduce executable code size we use resonably small C source @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ example is that in plain R9C the ei_x_encode_longlong() function is located in the file "ei_x_encode.c". So if any "long long" ei_x function is used we have an unessesary dependency on "ei_encode_longlong.o" and then need to link with GNU ld on with the -user code or explicitely link with "libgcc.a". The situation can be +user code or explicitly link with "libgcc.a". The situation can be visible in in plain R9C using % nm -A erl_interface-3.4/lib/libei.a | \ |