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author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:31:19 +0100
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@node vdprintf
@section @code{vdprintf}
@findex vdprintf

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/vdprintf.html}

Gnulib module: vdprintf or vdprintf-posix

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vdprintf} or @code{vdprintf-posix}:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11,
IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, Interix 3.5.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vdprintf-posix}:
@itemize
@item
This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
BeOS.
@item
printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
BeOS.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
platforms:
glibc-2.3.6, BeOS.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
BeOS.
@item
This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
BeOS.
@item
This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
BeOS.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize