On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 01:02:55PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko 
wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 09:32:24AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> >   
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:30:12AM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' 
> >> Serbinenko wrote:
> >>     
> >>> +char *EXPORT_FUNC(grub_asprintf) (const char *fmt, ...)
> >>> +     __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
> >>>       
> >> It's very confusing that you've made grub_asprintf have a dramatically
> >> different interface from asprintf. Perhaps you could call this
> >> grub_xasprintf instead?
> >>     
> >
> > Is it feasible to implement the same interface as asprintf instead?
> >
> >   
> it's feasible but the only advantage it gives is the return value nobody
> uses anyway

What about consistency with what programmers expect?

If you don't want the return value, you can just discard it.

-- 
Robert Millan

  "Be the change you want to see in the world" -- Gandhi


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