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Article #4161Re: printf, va_end, freestanding implementation
From: Clive D.W. Feather
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 05:06
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 05:06
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In article <44nt1v$6mh@ae-sun01.alden.com>, Stan Ryckman <sgr@ae-sun01.alden.com> wrote: >> Yes. It's not a question of difficulty, but principle. > OK, I'm a fish. I'll take the bait. What principle? The principle is that a freestanding implementation need onlu provide the facilities in certain headers (such as <float.h>). Anything else is a bonus. > (I'm not trying to be obtuse here; the 3 freestanding implementations > I have used -- two were pre-standard-C, BTW -- all provided a sprintf > that worked just fine, along with a printf which would send one's code > into hyperspace. This is, of course, permissible. It just isn't required. -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, clive@demon.net (work, preferred) | it will get its revenge. clive@stdc.demon.co.uk (home) | - Henry Spencer
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!stdc.demon.co.uk!clive From: clive@stdc.demon.co.uk (Clive D.W. Feather) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: printf, va_end, freestanding implementation Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 05:06:13 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Limited (personal account) Message-ID: <DFuwuF.5yM@stdc.demon.co.uk> References: <44ffgj$90k@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <44m623$5hl@ae-sun01.alden.com> <DFs6G0.FF@stdc.demon.co.uk> <44nt1v$6mh@ae-sun01.alden.com> Reply-To: clive@demon.net X-NNTP-Posting-Host: stdc.demon.co.uk