Re: Why portability?

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From: bob larson
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 1990 22:19

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In article <1409@tharr.UUCP> gtoal%ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
>However, all I'm suggesting is nothing but standard programming practice,
>such as (for this concrete example):
>
>  sprintf(fname, "%s%c%s%c%s", TMP_PATH, DIR_SEP_CH, file, EXT_SEP_CH, "ext");

This "portable" example may work on some systems, but what about those
that don't put things in the same order?  Much better to use a macro:

  fname = tmpfile(file, "ext");

-- 
Bob Larson (blars)	blarson@usc.edu			usc!blarson
	Hiding differences does not make them go away.  Accepting
	differences makes them unimportant.

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