Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] snprintf causes regression tests

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Nicolai Tufar <ntufar(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Win32 port list <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] snprintf causes regression tests
Date: 2005-03-14 19:39:19
Message-ID: 200503141939.j2EJdJS21703@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I am wondering if we should just process long long args and %$ args,
> > and pass everything else to the native snprintf.
>
> AFAICS this is a non-starter --- how will you construct the call to
> snprintf? Or even vsnprintf? C doesn't provide the tools you need
> to make it happen.

Couldn't you spin through the varargs and reconstruct a new one?
Is there no way to create a va_arg va_list structure in C?

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