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    Problem Report Number 0253
    Submitter's Classification Test Suite problem
    State Resolved
    Resolution Test Suite Deficiency (TSD)
    Problem Resolution ID TSD.X.0253
    Raised 1996-11-15 08:00
    Updated 2003-03-13 08:00
    Published 1996-11-19 08:00
    Product Standard Internationalised System Calls and Libraries Extended (UNIX 95)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSX4 version 4.3.5
    Test Identification XOPEN.os/Genuts/hsearch 4
    Problem Summary TSD4.253 On page 290 of the System and Interfaces Issue 4, Version 2 it states, "The nel argument is an estimate of the maximum number of elements that the table will contain. This number may be adjusted upwar...
    Problem Text
    On page 290 of the System and Interfaces Issue 4, Version 2 it
    states, "The nel argument is an estimate of the maximum number
    of elements that the table will contain. This number may be
    adjusted upward by the algorithm in order to obtain certain
    mathematically favourable circumstances".
    .sp
    Our algorithm adjusts upward to an unbounded number of elements
    so that NULL is only returned when memory is exhausted.
    We believe that this is a mathematically favourable circumstance
    and that our implementation conforms and that the test is invalid.
    Test Output
    Test Description:
    hsearch() returns a NULL pointer if an item needs to be ENTERed into a
    hash table which is full (Note: the size of a hash table is not known;
    the test fills the hash table until a NULL is returned).
    Test Strategy:
    SET UP hash table which is NULL terminated
    SEARCH hash table using hsearch(item, ENTER)
    VERIFY that hsearch() returns NULL
    Test Information:
    hsearch did not return expected value
    expected return value : 0
    actual return value : 4133984
    number of elements in table : 100

    Review Information

    Review Type TSMA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Recommendation No Resolution Given
    Review Response
    It is accepted that this is a test suite deficiency and it is recommended
    that a waiver is granted.

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Test Suite Deficiency (TSD)
    Review Conclusion
    This is an agreed Test Suite Deficiency

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