Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add strbuf_initf()

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mar 6, 2008, 12:09 UTC
Message-ID: <20080306120909.GA7518@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0803061148180.15786@racer.site>

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 11:53:28AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> AFAIR it is unportable to have a macro
> 
> #define strbuf_initf(buf, fmt, ...) \
> 	(strbuf_init(buf, strlen(fmt) + 64), strbuf_addf(buf, fmt, args);) 
> 
> (GNU cpp groks it, but what about the others?)

C99 has variable-argument macros, but C89 does not. I have no idea in practice how many of the compilers git targets support them (in one form or another).

-Peff

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