Newer MinGW versions fail with a linker error because of undefined reference to isascii.
This function is deprecated and __isascii (POSIX conformant) should be used.
See: http://msdn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/5wcd48xw.aspx
See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19564168/how-can-solve-undefined-reference-to-isascii-when-build-openocd-in-win-7-cy