wget support for no_proxy env var

[walter harms]

Bernhard Fischer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 09:08:58AM +0200, walter harms wrote:
>> hi Dan,
>> gnu libc supports argz (GNU extension) for mapping lists line a,b,c,d into arrays and back
>> unfortunately there is no official man page but you can use my from
>> http://www.freiburg.linux.de/projekte/manpages/man/argz/
>>
>> when you have problems getting it to work i have some examples around but i must search them.
> 
> Don't forget to provide a mechanism that detects the availability of
> this non-standard extension and also do not forget to provide a
> fallback, IFF you go down that route.


i agree that it is not clever to use non-standard extension, but he has the code in its basics already.
now rule 2 kicks in "do not reinvent the wheel", argz is a defined interface in glibc and if he sticks
with that API:
1. he can use glibc code and save space
2. he can use his own code if needed

We have some that that need to split at a delimiter and store (e.g. sort). IMHO it would help to join the
functionality.

re,
 wh