On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 09:54:46AM +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 06:04:32PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 09:47:21 +0100 > > Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > My suggestion is to use a combination of these methods. In json_snprintf > > > check if the input buffer is empty or has only one character in it, and > > > use > > > method #2 if so. If that's not the case, then fallback to method #1 and do > > > a double snprintf. > > > > > > Make sense? Any other suggestions? > > > > Glibc has asprintf which allocates the buffer for you. > > Good point, I'll use that in any new implementation. Thanks.
i imagine there is an equivalent to asprintf for windows but keep in mind it is not standard C so you'll have to do something conditional.
