doc/glibc-functions/obstack_printf.texi

@node obstack_printf
@subsection @code{obstack_printf}
@findex obstack_printf

Documentation:@*
@ifinfo
@ref{Dynamic Output,,Dynamically Allocating Formatted Output,libc}.
@end ifinfo
@ifnotinfo
@url{https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Dynamic-Output.html}.
@end ifnotinfo

Gnulib module: obstack-printf or obstack-printf-posix or obstack-printf-gnu
@mindex obstack-printf
@mindex obstack-printf-posix
@mindex obstack-printf-gnu

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module
@code{obstack-printf} or @code{obstack-printf-posix} or @code{obstack-printf-gnu}:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on all non-glibc platforms:
musl libc, macOS 14, FreeBSD 14.0, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.5, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 7.3, HP-UX 11, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 3.5.3, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 9.0.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{obstack-printf-posix} or @code{obstack-printf-gnu}:
@itemize
@item
This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.24, old mingw, MSVC 9.
@item
This function does not support size specifiers as in C23 (@code{w8},
@code{w16}, @code{w32}, @code{w64}, @code{wf8}, @code{wf16}, @code{wf32},
@code{wf64}) on some platforms:
glibc 2.37.
@item
printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
incorrect result on some platforms:
AIX 7.3, Solaris 11.4, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag at all on some platforms:
mingw without @code{__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO}, MSVC 14.
@item
This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag correctly for integers
(it uses the decimal point instead of the thousands separator!)
on some platforms:
mingw with @code{__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO}.
@item
This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag together with a precision
on an integer argument correctly on some platforms:
glibc 2.36, FreeBSD 14.0, NetBSD 10.0, Solaris 11, Cygwin 3.6.0, Haiku.
@item
This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag correctly in locales where
the thousands separator is a multibyte character on some platforms:
NetBSD 10.0, Solaris 11 OpenIndiana.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
platforms:
FreeBSD 5.2.1, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11,
Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{b} directive, required by ISO C23,
on some platforms:
glibc 2.34, musl libc, macOS 14, FreeBSD 13.2, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.5,
AIX 7.3, HP-UX 11, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 3.5.3, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 9.0.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, Solaris 9,
Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms:
OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
@item
This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly
on some platforms:
Solaris 11.4.
@item
This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms:
NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
This function does not round the argument of the @samp{a} directive correctly
on some platforms:
macOS 14, FreeBSD 14.0, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.5, AIX 7.3, Solaris 11.4.
@item
printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
with zeroes) on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, AIX 7.3, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC/clang.
@item
printf @code{"%#.0x"} or @code{"%#.0X"} with a zero argument yields an
incorrect result (non-empty) on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.6.
@item
This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
Solaris 10/x86, mingw, MSVC/clang.
@item
This function produces wrong output for the @samp{lc} directive with a NUL
wide character argument on some platforms:
musl libc 1.2.4.
@item
This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
FreeBSD 14.0, NetBSD 5.0.
@end itemize

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{obstack-printf-gnu}:
@itemize
@item
This function does not support the @samp{B} directive on some platforms:
glibc 2.34, musl libc, macOS 14, FreeBSD 13.2, NetBSD 10.0, OpenBSD 7.5, AIX 7.3, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 3.5.3, mingw, MSVC, Android 9.0.
@end itemize

@mindex printf-with-n-directive
Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{obstack-printf-posix} or @code{obstack-printf-gnu}
and additionally the Gnulib module @code{printf-with-n-directive}:
@itemize
@item
This function does not support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
MSVC 14.
@item
This function does not fully support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
HP-UX 11, mingw, MSVC 14.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
The @code{%m} directive is not portable, use @code{%s} mapped to an
argument of @code{strerror(errno)} (or a version of @code{strerror_r})
instead.
@end itemize