[PATCH] stdio: Add %m

Shaun Jackman sjackman at gmail.com
Sun Jun 18 21:10:17 PDT 2006


On 6/13/06, Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> wrote:
> Notice that it's also broken (from a bloat standpoint) for printf to
> support %m, since that means that linking in printf will also link in
> strerror and all the error messages. Even basic hello world app grows
> by a significant amount..

The newlib maintainers pointed this very bloat out as a reason to
reject my patch adding %m to newlib. They did suggest it could be
possible as a configuration option.

Cheers,
Shaun


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