Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] snprintf causes regression tests

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Please see my posting about using a macro for snprintf.  If the current
> > implementation of snprintf is enough for our existing translation users
> > we probably don't need to add anything more to it because snprintf will
> > not be exported to client applications.
>
> The CVS-tip implementation is fundamentally broken and won't work even
> for our internal uses.  I've not wasted time complaining about it
> because I thought we were going to replace it.  If we can't find a
> usable replacement then we're going to have to put a lot of effort
> into fixing what's there.  On the whole I think the effort would be
> better spent importing someone else's solution.

Oh, so our existing implementation doesn't even meet our needs. OK.

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