The doc does not mention the advantages of the 'vasprintf-posix' module, compared to the 'vasprintf' module. This fixes it.
2010-12-19 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> doc: Mention vasprintf-posix module. * doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi: Mention the workarounds present in the 'vasprintf-posix' module. * doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi: Likewise. --- doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi.orig Sun Dec 19 19:25:08 2010 +++ doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi Sun Dec 19 19:23:59 2010 @@ -2,15 +2,62 @@ @subsection @code{asprintf} @findex asprintf -Gnulib module: vasprintf +Gnulib module: vasprintf or vasprintf-posix -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vasprintf} or @code{vasprintf-posix}: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw, Interix 3.5. @end itemize +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vasprintf-posix}: +...@itemize +...@item +This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll}, +...@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.24, BeOS. +...@item +printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms: +BeOS. +...@item +printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an +incorrect result on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +...@item +This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some +platforms: +glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +...@item +This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +...@item +This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku. +...@item +This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly +on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +...@item +This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an +arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, BeOS. +...@item +This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24. +...@item +printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded +with zeroes) on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x. +...@item +This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer, +floating-point and pointer output on some platforms: +BeOS. +...@item +This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0. +...@end itemize + Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @end itemize --- doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi.orig Sun Dec 19 19:25:08 2010 +++ doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi Sun Dec 19 19:23:44 2010 @@ -2,15 +2,62 @@ @subsection @code{vasprintf} @findex vasprintf -Gnulib module: vasprintf +Gnulib module: vasprintf or vasprintf-posix -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vasprintf} or @code{vasprintf-posix}: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw, Interix 3.5. @end itemize +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vasprintf-posix}: +...@itemize +...@item +This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll}, +...@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.24, BeOS. +...@item +printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms: +BeOS. +...@item +printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an +incorrect result on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +...@item +This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some +platforms: +glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +...@item +This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +...@item +This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku. +...@item +This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly +on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +...@item +This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an +arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, BeOS. +...@item +This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24. +...@item +printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded +with zeroes) on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x. +...@item +This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer, +floating-point and pointer output on some platforms: +BeOS. +...@item +This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0. +...@end itemize + Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @end itemize