Thread: check path validity in C99?

Originally Posted by PaulS

I am restricting myself to C99 for portability issues.

My point was that you'll get wider portability relying on POSIX-1.2001 or POSIX.1-2008 C library features, than relying on C99.

Too bad there is no POSIX C board on this forum; it would clear up a lot of the confusion. (I personally would not be here at all if the C++ and C forums were not separated.)

As it is, a lot of Windows-specific C is discussed in the C forum, and a lot of non-Linux-specific POSIX C code is shuffled to the Linux forum, leading to either confused readers or some pedantic discussions on which set of standards/requirements a thread should abide by. No wonder most of those new to C are confused.

Originally Posted by Nominal Animal

My point was that you'll get wider portability relying on POSIX-1.2001 or POSIX.1-2008 C library features, than relying on C99.

Too bad there is no POSIX C board on this forum; it would clear up a lot of the confusion. (I personally would not be here at all if the C++ and C forums were not separated.)

As it is, a lot of Windows-specific C is discussed in the C forum, and a lot of non-Linux-specific POSIX C code is shuffled to the Linux forum, leading to either confused readers or some pedantic discussions on which set of standards/requirements a thread should abide by. No wonder most of those new to C are confused.

While I can see your point, at 64 years old, one new language is more than enough to keep me busy right now
I know nothing about POSIX. Is there a stable standard for it as there is in C? Is it an addition to C like so many "standard" C platforms in the past? - I will look it up so there is no need to answer the questions for me.