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Re: _GL_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_PRINTF incorrect for non-glibc systems


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: _GL_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_PRINTF incorrect for non-glibc systems
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 21:59:46 +0300

> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:40:39 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Bottom line, I don't think __gnu_printf__ should be used on non-glibc
> > platforms.
> 
> Since gnulib is intended to supply a GNU-like interface on non-GNU systems, 
> surely the right fix is to fix gnulib so that GNU printf formats work even on 
> MinGW builds.

You mean, replace the system printf family of functions?  That might
be overkill, but even if that's the plan, the definition of
_GL_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_PRINTF shouldn't use __gnu_printf__ until this is
done.



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