--- old/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Fri Jun 19 12:52:24 2015
+++ new/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions.hpp	Fri Jun 19 12:52:23 2015
@@ -1103,6 +1103,22 @@
 
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Utility functions for characters
+
+// isblank() in ctype.h only includes space and tab.
+// iswhite() includes space, tab, new-line, vertical-tab, formfeed,
+// carrage-return. This larger set of characters might be found in a
+// text file.
+#define iswhite(c) \
+  ((c == ' ')  || \
+   (c == '\t') || \
+   (c == '\n') || \
+   (c == '\v') || \
+   (c == '\f') || \
+   (c == '\r'))
+
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Utility functions for integers
 
 // Avoid use of global min/max macros which may cause unwanted double