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

From: Nicolai Tufar <ntufar(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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 to fail
Date: 2005-03-11 05:58:11
Message-ID: d8092939050310215863dd8cea@mail.gmail.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> The CVS-tip implementation is fundamentally broken and won't work even
> for our internal uses. I've not wasted time complaining about it
> because I thought we were going to replace it. If we can't find a
> usable replacement then we're going to have to put a lot of effort
> into fixing what's there. On the whole I think the effort would be
> better spent importing someone else's solution.

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Oh, so our existing implementation doesn't even meet our needs. OK.

Very well, I too, tend to think that importing some else's solution
is the way to go. Tom, have you looked at Trio? If it is fine with you too,
I will strip it to the bare minimum needed for snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
printf() by Saturday.

Regards,
Nicolai Tufar

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