Re: Lua dependency on *printf

["David Burgess" <david@...>]

I can recommend a portable (v)snprintf from
  http://www.ijs.si/software/snprintf/


----- Original Message -----
From: "Renato Crivano" <renato@hands.com.br>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: Lua dependency on *printf


> > vsprintf does far more than is necessary to convert a number
> > to a string, and if this is the only place where *printf is
> > used, then it is a waste and should be removed.
>
> I agree. While porting Lua to PalmOS, I had to include a complete printf
> module. Lua code compiled to 50kb and *printf alone took another 5kb. It
was
> a 10% memory increment that can only be justified if it is truly
necessary.
>
> I also took me quite some time to find a PalmOS compatible printf module.
> So, porting would have been easier if Lua had no *printf references.
>
> BTW, other porting difficulty I had was with the "strtod" function that
also
> misses PalmOS support. The solution, in that case, was much easier. I used
> the old lua0_str2d routine. IMO, it would be better to leave Lua without
the
> strtod dependency too.
>
> []s,
>
> Renato Crivano
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