Re: sprintf

[turnbull@example.com (Stephen J. Turnbull)]

>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:

>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Cook <darren@example.com> writes:

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    Darren> But GCC 2.7.2 on a Sun has it defined (in stdio.h) as:

    Darren> extern char *sprintf _PARAMS((char *, const char *, ...));

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    Darren> Is there a way to do something similar without having to
    Darren> rename sprintf in my code?

    Stephen> What's wrong with

    Stephen> #if GCC_ON_SUN
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    Stephen> I'd put the replacement code in a "compatibility
    Stephen> library," though, which gets built only on the Sun
    Stephen> platform, and the declaration of
    Stephen> replacement_for_broken_Sun_sprintf in "portability.h" or
    Stephen> something like that.

And, by the way, #include "portability.h" *after* <stdio.h> OR ELSE!

Steve

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                           Stephen John Turnbull
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