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Re: [PATCH] mention disabling GCC built-ins for customization
On Jun 14 2018, Martin Sebor <msebor@gmail.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi
> index 38be236..26a570f 100644
> --- a/manual/stdio.texi
> +++ b/manual/stdio.texi
> @@ -2963,7 +2963,11 @@ The facilities of this section are declared in the header file
>
> @strong{Portability Note:} The ability to extend the syntax of
> @code{printf} template strings is a GNU extension. ISO standard C has
> -nothing similar.
> +nothing similar. When using the GNU C compiler or any other compiler
> +that interprets calls to standard I/O functions according to the rules
> +of the language standard it is necessary to disable such handling by
> +the appropriate compiler option. Otherwise the behavior of a program
> +that relies on the extension is undefined.
Is that really needed? Didn't you say that GCC disables its
optimisations when an unknown format is encountered?
Andreas.
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