[net.unix-wizards] is a blank printable

wlk (10/08/82)

According to BSD 4.1 manual, isprint(c) returns nonzero for
blank (040) through tilde (0176). According to my experiments,
it returns zero for blank (040). Anyone else had this problem?

ecn-pa:rick (10/10/82)

We have also run into that problem at Purdue. We are currently
arguing over whether to change the code or the documentation.

I understand that the later BTL systems ( 3 or 4 or 5) do not
call it printable(can any Bell types confirm this?)

It would be nice if Berkeley and BTL (or should I be saying AT&T?)
could agree on something as simple as this.

Rick Adams

HOLSTEGE@Cit-20 (10/11/82)

Date: 10 Oct 1982 2300-PDT
We found this out and changed the table in ctype.c to conform to
the documentation.
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