>>>>> "M" == M <mal@lemburg.com> writes: M> I suppose we could use the code from M> stringobject.c:PyString_FromFormatV() as starting point for our M> own little snprintf() implementation... Aside: PyString_FromFormatV() started life out as PyErr_Format(). mailman-has-its-own-vsnprintf()-but-its-GPL'd-ly y'rs, -Barry