Re: bzr commit into mysql-6.0-backup branch (ingo.struewing:2672) Bug#38133

[Ingo Strüwing]

Hi Vlad,

Vladislav Vaintroub, 06.11.2008 16:31:
...
> The current coding style
> http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Internals_Coding_Guidelines  states
> Do not use the %p marker of printf() (fprintf(), vprintf(), etc) because it
> leads to different outputs (for example on some Linux and Mac OS X the
> output starts with 0x while it does not on some Solaris). In MySQL 6.0 and
> later, use my_vsnprintf, DBUG_PRINT with %p for pointer formatting
> consistent across different platforms.In earlier versions, use printf-family
> functions with 0x%lx, but beware it truncates pointers on 64-bit Windows.
> Being sure that there is always 0x enables us to quickly identify pointer
> values in the DBUG trace.

Thanks for the information. I must have missed the announcement.

Regards
Ingo
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