[PATCH 1/6 v2] Add X*asprintf() routines to mirror common asprintf() routines

[Keith Packard]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:53:26 -0800, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:

> Provides a portable implementation of this common allocating sprintf()
> API found in many, but not yet all, of the platforms we support.
> If the platform provides vasprintf() we simply wrap it, otherwise we
> implement it - either way callers can use it regardless of platform.

I didn't see any closure to my question as to whether we should just be
exporting these as 'asprintf' et al., instead of creating a new name.

Do we trust autoconf enough to expect to be able to correctly detect the
presence of a 'real' asprintf so that our replacement only be used on
systems not having one? If so, perhaps just using the standard name
would make the code easier to maintain? Or not?

-- 
keith.packard at intel.com
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