[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Savannah] libsnprintfv want to be a GNU package

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address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> Submitter: <address@hidden>
> Project Full Name:  libsnprintfv
> Project System Name:  libsnprintfv
> License:  gpl
> Approval URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=2350

> Description: snprintfv is a standalone reimplementation of the C library
> *printf functions.  Most importantly, it fixes the long-standing problem
> with the traditional API which prevents a programmer from writing a
> program (call it: bash) that reads printf-like commands from a file
> (call it: script.sh) and portably using the system printf API to do the
> formatting.  Traditionally, the programmer gets to parse all those
> `%3$0#4$*.6x' specifiers on her own; snprintfv adds a *printfv(..., void
> *paramv[]) call set, which operates on an accumulated array of
> parameters.  Additionally, it will provide source compatibility with
> GLIBC user format specifiers very soon, and will be able to runtime load
> user format specifier plugins using libtool's ltdl.
>
> Should the new *printfv calls prove popular, I would like to see the
> model adopted by GLIBC and others, and have this code distributed with
> libiberty in any case.
>
> It already exists and you can download a baseline distribution at
> http://www.oranda.demon.co.uk/dist/snprintfv-0.98h.tar.gz, though my
> motivation for hosting the project at savannah is to integrate various
> forks in GNU Autogen, GNU M4 and GNU Smalltalk.
>
>
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