asprintf() issue

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Thu May 21 05:09:00 GMT 2015


On 05/20/2015 03:25 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> In this case it's harder to draw a clear line because the API is BSD-based
>> and our assurances are weaker, but we should not throw away backwards
>> compatibility without a serious discussion.
> 
> In fact, asprintf is a GNU invention that was later copied by the BSDs.

Indeed!

So what do you think about providing backwards compatible symbols?

c.
 



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