On 2013-11-11 11:18:22 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > I'd like to add support for the length modifier %z. Linux' manpages > > describes it as: > > z A following integer conversion corresponds to a size_t or ssize_t > > argument. > > > Since gcc's printf format checks understand it, we can add support for > > it similar to the way we added %m support. > > I think you'll find that %m is a totally different animal, because it > doesn't involve consuming an argument position.
I was thinking of just replacing '%z' by '%l', '%ll' or '%' as needed and not expand it inplace. That should deal with keeping the argument position and such. But that won't easily work if somebody specifies flags like padding :/ > I'm less than sure that every version of gcc will recognize %z, either > ... It's been in recognized in 2.95 afaics, so I think we're good. > and what about the translation infrastructure? That I have no clue about yet. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
