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Re: how to print size_t in LGPLv2+ program
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: how to print size_t in LGPLv2+ program |
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Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:54:21 +0200 |
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On 08/17/10 23:17, Eric Blake wrote:
> libvirt is currently LGPLv2+
Can this be changed to LPGLv3+? That'd solve the problem.
> Is it worth relaxing the license on the *printf-posix family of modules
> to LGPLv2+ from their current LGPLv3+, or is this too big of a request?
I dunno, at some point we should be encouraging people to switch
to LGPLv3+.
> since using umaxtostr penalizes 32-bit machines for converting to the
> 64-bit intermediary, maybe it's worth adding a size_t variant?
That would be fine. The *tostr routines were mainly written
for two reasons. First, for platforms that can't/couldn't portably
and reliably output wide integers. Second, speed.
> What a shame that POSIX omitted an <inttypes.h> PRIu* for size_t.
We could add one in gnulib, no?
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