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Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf
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Eric Blake |
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Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:07:40 +0000 |
> > Is it better to try to enumerate non-compliant systems at
> > compile/link time, or to assume non-compliance when
> > cross-compiling? Neither choice is ideal. What's more likely to
> > be accepted into gnulib?
>
> How about assuming compliance when cross-compliance but enumerate,
> when cross-compiling, the systems that fail? When not cross-compiling,
> let's perform the compile-time check.
I would rather see the following: when not cross-compiling (or even
when cross-compiling, but the cross-executable can be run), use a
configure-time run check to decide up front whether the gnulib module
should even be used. When cross-compiling, assume that the
gnulib module is required (but of course, this can be overridden
by presetting the appropriate cache variable to configure). At
runtime, the gnulib module then performs a sanity check on first
usage; if it passes, then configure was pessimistic, and all further
*printf calls defer to the system (the cost is a slightly slower, slightly
larger executable); if it fails, then use the gnulib implementation.
That way, we can guarantee C99 semantics for all users,
regardless of whether cross-compiling was unable to detect
brokenness.
--
Eric Blake
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, (continued)
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Ben Pfaff, 2007/02/16
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Paul Eggert, 2007/02/16
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Ben Pfaff, 2007/02/16
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Albert Chin, 2007/02/19
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Ben Pfaff, 2007/02/19
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Albert Chin, 2007/02/19
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Ben Pfaff, 2007/02/19
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Albert Chin, 2007/02/19
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Bruno Haible, 2007/02/19
- Re: check for C99-compliant snprintf, Ben Pfaff, 2007/02/19
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