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The implementation of wcscmp mimicked strcmp, but was more complicated
than necessary. This patch makes it simpler.

The implementation of wcscmp mimicked strcmp, but was more complicated
than necessary. This patch makes it simpler.
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Author: Michael Jones (michaelrj-google)

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The implementation of wcscmp mimicked strcmp, but was more complicated
than necessary. This patch makes it simpler.


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/143457.diff

1 Files Affected:

  • (modified) libc/src/wchar/wcscmp.cpp (+2-4)
diff --git a/libc/src/wchar/wcscmp.cpp b/libc/src/wchar/wcscmp.cpp
index f285efd905390..48c8b3be6c701 100644
--- a/libc/src/wchar/wcscmp.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/wchar/wcscmp.cpp
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, wcscmp, (const wchar_t *left, const wchar_t *right)) {
   LIBC_CRASH_ON_NULLPTR(left);
   LIBC_CRASH_ON_NULLPTR(right);
 
-  auto comp = [](wchar_t l, wchar_t r) -> int { return l - r; };
-
-  for (; *left && !comp(*left, *right); ++left, ++right)
+  for (; *left && (*left == *right); ++left, ++right)
     ;
 
-  return comp(*left, *right);
+  return *left - *right;
 }
 
 } // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL

@michaelrj-google michaelrj-google merged commit 06f6a77 into llvm:main Jun 10, 2025
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@michaelrj-google michaelrj-google deleted the libcSimplifyWcscmp branch June 10, 2025 18:24
tomtor pushed a commit to tomtor/llvm-project that referenced this pull request Jun 14, 2025
The implementation of wcscmp mimicked strcmp, but was more complicated
than necessary. This patch makes it simpler.
akuhlens pushed a commit to akuhlens/llvm-project that referenced this pull request Jun 24, 2025
The implementation of wcscmp mimicked strcmp, but was more complicated
than necessary. This patch makes it simpler.
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