[Python-Dev] PyErr_SafeFormat

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> I wrote:
> 
> > not quite ready to be checked in, but good enough to take
> > on a test drive:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/patch/?func=detailpatch&patch_id=100895&group_id=5470
> 
> anyone looked at this?
> 
> should I check it in, and see what happens?

The patch needs some docs which go into api.tex. Right now,
all formatting codes supported by printf() are allowed. Your
patch changes this into a useful, but far more limited set
of codes.

In the end, I would prefer the solution I mentioned a few days
ago: add checks to configure which determine the availability
of snprintf() and then put a macro def into pyport.h which
either uses snprintf() (if available) or simply drops the
length argument and sticks with sprintf().

Since snprintf() will become a standard anyway, why try to
emulate its behaviour ?

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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