> On Oct 28,  2:26pm, yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi) wrote:
> -- Subject: snprintf_ss (Re: CVS commit: src/include)
> 
> | > Module Name:	src
> | > Committed By:	christos
> | > Date:		Fri Oct 27 20:03:21 UTC 2006
> | > 
> | > Modified Files:
> | > 	src/include: stdio.h
> | > 
> | > Log Message:
> | > - flags should be unsigned short instead of short.
> | > - add __SAFE flag, to indicate that we want async-signal-safe functionality
> | >   only.
> | > - add snprintf_ss, and vsnprintf_ss; these are undocumented on purpose.
> | 
> | please don't use locale stuffs like localeconv from signal handlers.
> | 
> | i'd suggest to have a minimal, dedicated logging function,
> | rather than trying to make syslog and stdio signal safe.
> 
> What locale stuff?

as i said above, for example, localeconv.  it's used by __vfprintf_unlocked.
i don't know if there are others.

anyway, i don't think trying to make stdio signal safe is a good idea.

YAMAMOTO Takashi