Re: bsearch for Windows ce

From: CBFalconer (cbfalconer_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 23:55:05 GMT

val wrote:
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote
>> val wrote:
>>>
>>> I found that Windows CE doesn't include bsearch function. Can
>>> somebody point me into right direction in order to solve that.
>>
>> bsearch() is a standard C function, and has been since at least
>> 1989. Complain to the compiler vendor. It has nothing to do with
>> the OS.
>>
>> The other choice is to write your own, under another name, as Ben
>> has suggested. But that way you cannot take advantage of possible
>> system optimizations.
>
> bsearch() is a standard C function - yes, I agree, but for some
> unknown reason it doesn't supported by Microsoft CE .NET package,
> which include Platform Builder and eMbedded Visual C++ 4, even in the
> stdlib.h in that versions it doesn't exist.

IMO you should ask for your money back. A useful rule is never to
use Microsoft products, they usually foul standards. 

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