Isprint() not working on Linux (resolved: usage error)

Using Swift
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Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to report this, but I think I found a case where isprint() is not working correctly on Linux. I tried digging into the code, but I don't quite understand where isprint() is defined. I did find a function in the swift compiler called isPrint() that appears to be reasonable, though. (fails on swift-5.2.4-RELEASE-ubuntu18.04, works on Apple Swift version 5.2.4)

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isprint is part of libc.

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Yes, but how are C functions passed through to Swift? And why wouldn't isprint() work if it works in C?

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What do you mean when you say that it doesn't work?

import Glibc

let c = Character("x")
print("\(isprint(Int32(c.asciiValue!)) != 0)")
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I'm doing something similar:

let ch = data[ndx+startIndex]
if isprint(Int32(Int(ch))) == 1 {

Where "data" is a Data() object. It appears to be always returning false.

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Don't forget that the man page says: "The values returned are nonzero if the character c falls into the tested class, and a zero value if not." (emphasis mine).

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Ah that's a good point. I'll take a look at that.

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That turns out to be it. Thanks!