> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:38:58 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there a reason why we don't use the snprintf that comes with the >> various C compilers? > > snprintf() is usually buried in OS libraries. We implement > our own snprintf to make things like this: > snprintf(buf,"%2$s %1$s","world","Hello"); > which is not supported on some platforms work. > > We do it for national language translation of > messages. In some languages you may need > to change order of parameters to make a meaningful > sentence. > > Another question is why we are using it for printing > values from database. I am not too good on function > overriding in standard C but maybe there is a way > to usage of standard snprintf() in a particular place. >
Well, here is a stupid question, do we even know which snprintf we are using on Win32? May it be possible that we are using the MingW version which may be broken? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
