From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA28898; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:52:37 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA14840 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:52:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aomori.annexia.org (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h8TLqZH08400 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:52:35 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from rich by aomori.annexia.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1A45wY-0003vk-00 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:52:34 +0100 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:52:34 +0100 Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Printing text with holes Message-ID: <20030929215234.GA15095@redhat.com> References: <200309292048.WAA16827@pauillac.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309292048.WAA16827@pauillac.inria.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Richard Jones X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 pierre:01 weis:01 printf:01 printf:01 scanf:01 gcc:01 scanf:01 freshmeat:01 ltd:98 caml:01 typechecking:01 0200,:01 sep:01 arch:02 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 10:48:02PM +0200, Pierre Weis wrote: > However, concerning printf, you should realize that the Caml printf > facility (or scanf, to mention another facility that uses format > strings) are not mere transpositions of their C equivalent. [...] their > typechecking is entirely static, On this one small point, people who have been using gcc have had type safe printf/scanf for at least the last 15 years. Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://freshmeat.net/users/rwmj Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - all your business data are belong to you. MONOLITH is an advanced framework for writing web applications in C, easier than using Perl & Java, much faster and smaller, reusable widget-based arch, database-backed, discussion, chat, calendaring: http://www.annexia.org/freeware/monolith/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners