[patch #100895 ] PyErr_Format (was: Re: [Python-Dev] Patches)
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:07:11 +0200
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>
> greg wrote:
>
> > > Yes, but it would by possible to use snprintf in PyErr_Format.
> >
> > still not quite the same. /F's PyErr_Format returns an arbitrary length
> > string. snprintf() would be cut at some pre-specified limit.
>
> if I understood GvR correctly, the only remaining issue here
> is whether we need more formatting codes
>
> (PyErr_Format is undocumented, so I'm not sure we need to
> be backwards compatible with code outside the interpreter...)
>
> comments?
How about this:
You add your new PyErr_Format() replacement with the existing
subset of codes, but instead of bailing out when the function
sees a format code it doesn't understand, you use sprintf()
or snprintf() (where available) to format the unkown code ?!
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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