C printf Debate
Cluster focuses on debates about C's printf function, its flaws like lack of type safety and modernity, defenses via compiler attributes, and comparisons to modern format macros or libraries in other languages.
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Doesn't C's printf have the same problem?
printf isn't good enough for you?
`printf` isn't exactly modern!
you mean format + printf/scanf from C?
Come on ... printf is a monstrousity and I understand why you would put hard coded checks in the compiler.
Would printf even exist if C had sane strings?
Wow, reimplementing printf is like pre-heartbleed OpenSSL level of NIH insanity.
What are the downsides of current printf macro implementation vs a variadic fn one?
They use printf. Which they claim is faster.
When was the last time you've seen someone check the return value of printf?