Re: Allowing printf("%m") only where it actually works - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Allowing printf("%m") only where it actually works
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Msg-id 25779.1534655758@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Allowing printf("%m") only where it actually works  (Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>)
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Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> writes:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 04:34:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> So now I'm about ready to propose that we just *always* use
>> snprintf.c, and forget all of the related configure probing.

> You'd also get to ensure that all uses from *die() are
> async-signal-safe.

[ raised eyebrow... ] That seems like more than I care to promise
here.  But even if snprintf itself were unconditionally safe,
there's plenty of other stuff in that code path that isn't.

            regards, tom lane


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