Robert Dewar writes: > Andrew Haley wrote: > > > Yes we can. gcc is written in ISO C, and ISO C says that the printf > > function returns the number of characters transmitted, or a negative > > value if an error occurred. We don't support bootstrapping gcc on > > non-ISO systems. > > Well ISO C also says that %n works, let's be a bit more pragmatic > here I think ... no point in using something we know is widely > problematic.
Mmm, but I don't believe that the printf function returning the number of characters transmitted is problematic. As far as we know, that works everywhere. The only thing to say otherwise is a man page. My guess is the man page is wrong. Andrew.
