From lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi Sun Sep  4 06:41:45 1994
From: lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi (Lars Wirzenius)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [comp.lang.c] Publib 0.3 just released
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Date: 2 Sep 1994 16:06:59 +0200
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Archive-Name: auto/comp.lang.c/Publib-0-3-just-released

Announcing Publib version 0.3
-----------------------------

Publib is an attempt at creating a library of reusable C functions.  It
consists of the build framework and the actual library modules.  The
framework is the mechanism that does the actual compiling and
installation (and related things) of the library.  The modules are
groups of actual library functions.

Publib was born out of discussion on a mailing list (see the end of
this file), and is developed and maintained by Lars Wirzenius.

There is no official set of modules.  The intent is that many parties
will supply modules so that the installer of the library can pick and
choose between modules, and will install those that interest him.
However, at this point, there is only one set of modules.

No copyright restrictions for the modules is placed by the framework,
and the framework itself is in the public domain (except for the files
publib/configure, publib/COPYING, and publib/install.sh).  This means
that it can be used with commercial modules as well.  Please check the
documentation for each module for any restrictions on its use.

Just because some people are paranoid about the GPL: the file
publib/COPYING applies to the file publib/configure only.
publib/install.sh comes from the X distribution and may be copied
freely.

Feedback and new modules extremely welcome.

An ANSI C compiler and libraries are required.  Bugs galore.

Getting Publib
--------------

Publib has been posted to the alt.sources Usenet newsgroup, and also
put on the following anonymous ftp sites:

	ftp.funet.fi: /pub/languages/C/Publib
	ftp.cs.helsinki.fi: /pub/Software/Local/Publib

For version 0.3, you need the following files:

	publib-0.3.tar.gz	the framework itself
	liw-modules-0.3.tar.gz	The modules by the author

Available modules
-----------------

alloc	Memory allocation routines, including error checking frontends
	for standard allocation functions.

bitarr	An array of bits.

cmp	Comparison functions for qsort, bsearch, et al.

expr	Evaluate simple arithmetic expressions given as strings.

files	File and I/O routines.

fname	Filename manipulation (mostly for Unix).

iset	A set of long integers.

log	Print log messages to several files.

stack	A generic stack of things.

strutil	String and memory block utilities