From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CCD61F6A9 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2019 12:43:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51479 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gflIJ-0002f0-TG for normalperson@yhbt.net; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 07:43:15 -0500 Received: from eggsout.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36151 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gflIE-0002et-K8 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 07:43:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gflIA-0007zv-I2 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 07:43:10 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:39888) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gflIA-0007yy-CY for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2019 07:43:06 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67D052D7E8; Sat, 5 Jan 2019 12:43:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg2.str.redhat.com (ovpn-116-35.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.35]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C66B26FC0; Sat, 5 Jan 2019 12:43:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Bruno Haible Subject: Re: new module suggestion: fprintftime-check References: <5c116236-dfd7-9bd9-a18e-3e55789ae985@gmail.com> <3472199.bSzxmTJ3n3@omega> <87ftub7aft.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <5730922.MLRfY5t8KX@omega> Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2019 13:43:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: <5730922.MLRfY5t8KX@omega> (Bruno Haible's message of "Sat, 05 Jan 2019 11:40:06 +0100") Message-ID: <8736q7mg16.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.23 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.30]); Sat, 05 Jan 2019 12:43:04 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Assaf Gordon , bug-gnulib@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" * Bruno Haible: > Florian Weimer wrote: >> The standards do not provide a way to report errors for malformed format >> strings. I think the current behavior is acceptable, all things >> considered. > > OK, then I'm fine with Assaf's approach to create a new, separate function > that does only the syntax checking. How do you plan to keep this aligned with the glibc implementation? Thanks, Florian