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From: gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim)
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Subject: Re: ULstrncmp
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Date: 30 Oct 90 19:51:27 GMT
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Excerpts from misc: 30-Oct-90 Re: ULstrncmp Craig F. Everhart (719+0)

> In my copy of the code, ULstrcmp(s1, s2) ultimately returns (s1 - s2),
> while both ULstrncmp(s1, s2, len) and strnicmp(s1, s2, len) ultimately
> return (s2 - s1), even though the comment in ULstrncmp says that it
> returns (s1 - s2).

ULstrncmp and strnicmp both returned the wrong value (s2 - s1).  In the
next patch, strnicmp is gone and ULstrncmp returns (s1 - s2).  As well,
the call in cui.c that relied on the incorrect return value from
strnicmp has been changed to rely on the correct return value from
ULstrncmp.