From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Let's tell we are using GTK+ Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:07:56 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20030820182418.GA10777@milla.autsens.localnet> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061669841 1169 80.91.224.253 (23 Aug 2003 20:17:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 23 22:17:20 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19qep6-0001v4-00 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:17:20 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19qetr-0008Dw-00 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:22:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19qeoY-0002YE-PT for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 16:16:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19qeiy-0008Uc-W6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 16:11:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19qeiK-0007Xt-7T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 16:10:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.13.230.178] (helo=yxa.extundo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19qegp-0003Sw-OK; Sat, 23 Aug 2003 16:08:47 -0400 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7NK7udk006829 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:07:57 +0200 Original-To: rms@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:030823:rms@gnu.org:d7ed95dcd8e218e7 X-Hashcash: 0:030823:rms@gnu.org:d7ed95dcd8e218e7 X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:030823:betoes@member.fsf.org:0455776ab00150f2 X-Hashcash: 0:030823:betoes@member.fsf.org:0455776ab00150f2 X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:030823:emacs-devel@gnu.org:b1992aaf3bab4dcb X-Hashcash: 0:030823:emacs-devel@gnu.org:b1992aaf3bab4dcb In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:38:05 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16110 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16110 Richard Stallman writes: > I believe, asprintf would be better, but I don't know about portability... > > isn't asprintf a GNU libc extension? Yes, although GNULib contain a portable stand-alone version of it, suitable for inclusion in projects that need it. I don't think it is worth adding it to Emacs just to solve this problem, though, as simpler solutions to this problem exists, at least compared to including a printf() implementation.