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Internationalized System Calls & Libraries Extd V3

Category: Operating System Services [SD]

This Product Standard is the foundation for conformance to the UNIX 03 Product Standard. It is a substantially enhanced version of the Internationalized System Calls and Libraries Extended Product Standard V2, which is the foundation for the UNIX 98 Product Standard. The principal enhancements include: alignment of interfaces with ISO/IEC 9899: 1999 (C Language), addition of new functionality for alignment with ISO/IEC 9899: 1999, addition of networking interfaces, includng the Sockets interface and Address Resolution interfaces, and optional support for the Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6); these are incorporated from XNS, Issue 5.2, incorporation of corrections and additions to the core POSIX system interfaces derived from the P1003.1a draft standard, incorporation of realtime interfaces from IEEE Std. 1003.1d-1999 and IEEE Std 1003.1j-2000, 6 including barriers, monotonic clock support , typed memory, advisroy information, spawn functions, timeout functions and spin locks, incorporation of a tracing facility from IEE Std 1--3.1q-2000, incoprotation of parts of IEEE Std. 1003.1g-2000 etc., etc

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Referenced Documents:

The Single UNIX(R) Specification - Authorized Guide to Version 3

System Interfaces, Issue 6 - 3 Volumes [XSH]

Base Definitions, Issue 6 [XBD]

ISO/IEC 9899:1999, Programming Languages - C.

ISO/IEC 9945:2002 Parts 1-4, Information Technology -

Conformance Statement Questionnaires:

CSQ for Internationalized System Calls & Libraries Extd V3 Product Standard

Test Suites:

VSX5 , and VSX4 , and VSU5 , and VSTH and VSRT

Present in UNIX 03 Product Standard(s)