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34 <PRE>On Sun,
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36 ><i> > I've been rather curious about IRCServices' irc_stricmp function. What
37 </I>><i> >does it do that the regular stricmp() doesn't, and could it be replaced
38 </I>><i> >safely with stricmp?
40 </I>><i> (
1) stricmp() is (potentially) locale-dependent, and could conceivably
41 </I>><i> behave incorrectly in certain locales.
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2) RFC1459-compliant ircds treat [ and {, \ and |, ] and } as
44 </I>><i> pairwise equivalent; stricmp() doesn't.
46 I'd also like to point out that many systems don't *have* stricmp
48 </I>><i> --Andrew Church
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