lib/string/README: [v]aprintf(3) are in libc#1594
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[v]aprintf(3) are now part of a libc implementation: gnulib. They are also documented in a manual page. Thus, refer to them as [v]aprintf(3). Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
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It's good to read that these are becoming an standard.
LGTM!
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I'm also working on a patch set to add these APIs to glibc.
https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/abSVWeS3nHmkZSKn@devuan/T/#t
And the C Committee has also showed strong interest in standardization of this pair of functions.
https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3750.txt