Re: ax_c_printf_thsep generates false-positives

[Reuben Thomas]

2009/9/18 Peter Simons <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> the macro ax_c_printf_thsep generates false positives in case the
> compiler doesn't verify printf() usage at compile time:
>
>  http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/index.php?6848
>
> Fixing that problem is a bit of an effort and it's unclear who is going
> to do it (and when). So I wonder how to proceed. I can think of two
> approaches:
>
>  1) Keep the macro as-is but add a warning to the documentation that
>    describes the problem.
>
>  2) Obsolete the macro.
>
> Personally, I'd tend to choose (2), because a test that malfunctions
> might be worse than no test at all, but I hesitate to do it.
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on the matter?

Do both: obsolete it, but keep it in a bin somewhere as a partial
solution to a problem that is clearly worth solving if it was worth
writing a macro for in the first place.

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