[PD-dev] snprintf vs. sprintf_s?

[Martin Peach]

Miller Puckette wrote:
>To: Patrice Colet <pat at mamalala.org>
>CC: pd-dev at iem.at
>Subject: Re: [PD-dev] snprintf vs. sprintf_s?
>Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:51:04 -0800
>
>Hmm, so perhaps I really should be using MSW and not _MSC_VER in the code.
>As it is now, cygwin will encounter unaliased snprinf() calls, which might
>not compile if sprintf_s is provided there instead.
>

Cygwin gcc compiles snprintf() without errors here. I think sprintf_s is 
unique to Microsoft.

Martin




>M
>
>On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 06:02:42PM +0100, Patrice Colet wrote:
> >
> > Hi Miller,
> >
> > Miller Puckette a ?crit :
> > >Hi Devs,
> > >
> > >I found out that .Net apparently doesn't use "snprintf" but has a 
>similar
> > >function named "sprintf_s".  (A couple of recent patches change 
>"sprintfs"
> > >to "snprintfs" leading to compile errors in .Net).  I'm thinking of 
>just
> > >putting the following in s_main.c and s_file.c:
> > >
> > >#ifdef MSW
> > >#define snprinf sprintf_s
> > >#endif
> > >
> > >My question: will this break cygwin or some other non-microsoft 
>compiler
> > >for Windows?
> > >
> > >thanks
> > >Miller
> >
> > this doesn't break compilation on cygwin shell (with -mno-cygwin flag)
>
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