sensiblehue <sensible...@firemail.cc> wrote: > I asked about __printflike because I found it unusual that other major > BSDs have it and OpenBSD doesn't, despite using macros like __dead, > __unused, etc.
Systems adopt private solutions, half the time without limiting the scope to indicate it is private. The assumption the should be adopted GLOBALLY requires strong justification. > If I understood correctly, the existence of those macros is merely a > convenience and not an intentional effort for portability with the other > BSDs. In that case it was wrong to assume OpenBSD should have it. I declare the idea inconvenient. A portability collision. Unhelpful.
