On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:33:51AM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger > <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 07:23:36AM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote: > >> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger > >> <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote: > >> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:10:47AM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Joerg Sonnenberger > >> >> <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote: > >> >> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:28:28PM +0100, Lionel Orry wrote: > >> >> >> - eina: the __gnu_printf__ format attribute is only valid since GCC > >> >> >> 4.4. However, we can find __printf__ format before. I'm not sure they > >> >> >> are equivalent though, so any hints on the fix appreciated... (tested > >> >> >> with GCC 4.3.4) > >> >> > > >> >> > They are supposedly equivalent on Linux and HURD. They are not > >> >> > equivalent on other systems and arguably using any glibc extensions in > >> >> > EFL is a bug. > >> >> > >> >> Why is it a problem ? As it's tested in a GNUC environment, explain me > >> >> why it will fail, and on which system. > >> > > >> > Because other systems don't implement the glibc extensions for printf? > >> > >> that's a gcc problem. But you didn't list the systems for which > >> gnu_printf is not implemented, and for which the compilation *will > >> fail* > > > > You misunderstand. The problem is not that gnu_printf is not recognized > > by GCC, but that the underlaying printf implementation may not support > > the GNU extensions. So it is pretty pointless to mark eina_log_print as > > supporting the GNU extensions, if that it isn't true about printf. The > > most trivial example of a GNU extension for printf from memory is %m. > > ok. I had that problem for the Windows port. So I added in it a 'gnu' > version of printf, that is provided by the MinGW team (no licence > problem, it's PD).
Windows is a bit special as Microsoft doesn't believe in C99 support. There are generally no excuses for using the GNU extensions for printf -- they are pretty much completely pointless. Joerg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
