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From: Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com>
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Subject: Re: Something like string-streams existing in "C"?
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:06:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-19, Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:47:28 -0000 (UTC)
> Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-12-19, BlueManedHawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> > The ‘asprintf’ subroutine is standardized by POSIX.1-2024, meaning
>> > that you can use it now and blame somebody else if it doesn't work.
>> >  If you   
>> 
>> Regardless of how it is made visible, you can detect it via a compile
>> test in a configure script, and provide your own if it wasn't found:
>> 
>> #if !HAVE_ASPRINTF
>> 
>> int asprintf(char **out, const char *fmt, ...)
>> {
>>   ... // more or less trivial to implement using malloc, realloc and
>>   vsprintf
>
> Don't you mean, vsnprintf ?

That detail will become obvious when you try to implement it.

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