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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi8
-rw-r--r--lib/isblank.c33
-rw-r--r--m4/isblank.m419
-rw-r--r--modules/isblank25
5 files changed, 89 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index caeadf26c4..3bbcc2a371 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
2009-10-18 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+ New module 'isblank'.
+ * lib/isblank.c: New file.
+ * m4/isblank.m4: New file.
+ * modules/isblank: New file.
+ * doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi: Mention the new module.
+
+2009-10-18 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
+
New module 'ctype'.
* lib/ctype.in.h: New file.
* m4/ctype.m4: New file.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi b/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi
index 2547793039..12bcd9112c 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/isblank.texi
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isblank.html}
-Gnulib module: ---
+Gnulib module: isblank
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+AIX 4.3.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
-@item
-This function is missing on some platforms:
-AIX 4.3.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
@end itemize
diff --git a/lib/isblank.c b/lib/isblank.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2d5503d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/isblank.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* Test whether a character is a blank.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+int
+isblank (int c)
+{
+ /* On all known platforms, in all predefined locales, isblank(c) is likely
+ equivalent with (c == ' ' || c == '\t'). Look at the glibc definition
+ (in glibc/localedata/locales/i18n): The "blank" characters are '\t', ' ',
+ U+1680, U+180E, U+2000..U+2006, U+2008..U+200A, U+205F, U+3000, and none
+ except the first two is present in a common 8-bit encoding. Therefore
+ the substitute for other platforms is not more complicated than this. */
+ return (c == ' ' || c == '\t');
+}
diff --git a/m4/isblank.m4 b/m4/isblank.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37f1a75a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/isblank.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# isblank.m4 serial 1
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_ISBLANK],
+[
+ dnl Persuade glibc <ctype.h> to declare isblank().
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
+
+ AC_REQUIRE([gl_CTYPE_H_DEFAULTS])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([isblank])
+ if test $ac_cv_func_isblank = no; then
+ HAVE_ISBLANK=0
+ CTYPE_H='ctype.h'
+ AC_LIBOBJ([isblank])
+ fi
+])
diff --git a/modules/isblank b/modules/isblank
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6dbb371f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/isblank
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Description:
+isblank() function: test whether a single-byte character is a blank.
+
+Files:
+lib/isblank.c
+m4/isblank.m4
+
+Depends-on:
+extensions
+ctype
+
+configure.ac:
+gl_FUNC_ISBLANK
+gl_CTYPE_MODULE_INDICATOR([isblank])
+
+Makefile.am:
+
+Include:
+<ctype.h>
+
+License:
+LGPLv2+
+
+Maintainer:
+Bruno Haible