Re: I: [PATCH] asprintf error handling fix

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>]

James Antill <james@and.org> writes:

>  This isn't true, I was under the impression that the return value
> from asprintf() would be the same as that from snprintf(). Thus the
> few times I've used asprintf() I've just done...

This only means your program is broken.

>  And even if you still consider it incompatible with older glibcs
> there is ample precedent for changing functions to do the right thing
> (snprintf() had a much bigger API change, for example).

This is completely irrelevant.  Bug fixes are one thing, arbitrary
semantic changes are another.

> [1] I can't think of a std. function that has an int return value and
> also returns a ptr value through a parameter atm.

The situation is the same as with errno.  Unless the return value of a
function says so nobody must look at it's value.


There will be no change.  Stop complaining and fix your code.

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