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Re: _GL_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_PRINTF incorrect for non-glibc systems
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: _GL_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_PRINTF incorrect for non-glibc systems |
Date: |
Sun, 12 Jun 2016 21:59:46 +0300 |
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 11:40:39 -0700
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Bottom line, I don't think __gnu_printf__ should be used on non-glibc
> > platforms.
>
> Since gnulib is intended to supply a GNU-like interface on non-GNU systems,
> surely the right fix is to fix gnulib so that GNU printf formats work even on
> MinGW builds.
You mean, replace the system printf family of functions? That might
be overkill, but even if that's the plan, the definition of
_GL_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT_PRINTF shouldn't use __gnu_printf__ until this is
done.