Re: [Freeciv-Dev] snprintf, again

[Alex Zepeda <jazepeda@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, David Pfitzner wrote:

> > Are you maintaining the Win32 port right now?
> 
> I'm (co-)maintaining freeciv.

Ahh.  Well I'm 90% sure Win32 has an snprintf of sorts.  Will see tomorrow
for sure.

> > I am curious though, what platforms don't have snprintf, 
> 
> > and which have
> > vsnprintf but no snprintf?
> 
> You mean the other way around.  We need vsnprintf, but given
> vsnprintf we can simulate snprintf.

No, not really, and yes I know snprintf is built upon vsnprintf.  I'm just
curious which platforms currently need either.

> > Have I mentioned, I think printf and the printf family are evil?
> 
> Well, such functions are not going to disappear from freeciv
> in the near future.

They're not likely to disappear period, and neither is Microsoft.  Oh
well :^)

- alex