Re: Remove deps on *printf(3) in libltdl

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Paolo Bonzini wrote:

> > Pending use of strl*, yes, please go right ahead.  Also, please add
> > a note to TODO about conformance testing of *.c (insofar as is possible
> > within the limits of our testsuite framework), and a note in HACKING
> > to mention that we should take advantage of strl* consistently
> > throughout libltd now that we have them at our disposal.
>
> I consider strl* more a source of bugs than anything else.  Much better if 
> they were coded something like

Feel free to make your own applications spontaneously abort as much as 
you like, but please don't impose spontaneous aborts due to user input 
on my programs.  Many programs are designed to report an error and 
continue executing.

An excessively long string does not necessary indicate an insane 
program.

Bob
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