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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:35:54 +0200
From: Markus Wichmann <nullplan@....net>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] trap on invalid printf formats
Am Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 05:37:49PM -0400 schrieb Rich Felker:
> Inspired by a new instance of some bitrotted software using %Lu
> instead of %llu, attached is a draft patch to catch such errors rather
> than silently leaving missing output.
>
Ah, it's the old dichotomy: For developers, this is nice, since it
catches bad behavior in a way that is impossible to ignore. For users,
this is horrible, since it crashes bad applications, maybe just before
they could save their data. And making the behavior selectable is
probably not sensible.
As I count myself among the former group, I do support this move. But
then, I do not run a distro, and the only computer I am responsible for
is my own.
Ciao,
Markus
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