id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
11872,"""std::sprintf"" it is normal?",Pavel Vatagin <pavelvat@…>,Ion Gaztañaga,"In many places of the Boost meets this line: ""std::sprintf();"".
In my case, one of these lines in the file boost/interprocess/detail/win32_api.hpp causes a compilation error in mingw:
{{{
In file included from /home/pavel/builds/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include/boost/interprocess/detail/atomic.hpp:58:0,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/dcpp/Atomic.h:23,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/dcpp/BufferedSocket.h:28,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/dcpp/HttpConnection.h:21,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/extra/dyndns.h:21,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/extra/dyndns.cpp:19:
/home/pavel/builds/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include/boost/interprocess/detail/win32_api.hpp: In function 'bool boost::interprocess::winapi::get_last_bootup_time(std::string&)':
/home/pavel/builds/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include/boost/interprocess/detail/win32_api.hpp:2255:19: error: 'libintl_sprintf' is not a member of 'std'
                   std::sprintf(&stamp_str[0], ""%u"", ((unsigned int)pTypedRecord->TimeGenerated));
                   ^
/home/pavel/builds/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include/boost/interprocess/detail/win32_api.hpp:2255:19: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/dcpp/stdinc.h:92:0,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/extra/dyndns.h:20,
                 from /home/pavel/src/eiskaltdcpp/extra/dyndns.cpp:19:
/home/pavel/builds/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.shared/include/libintl.h:362:12: note:   'libintl_sprintf'
 extern int sprintf (char *, const char *, ...);
            ^
}}}
This compilation error disappears if you remove the prefix ""std::"".
The code contains the string ""std::sprintf"" enclosed in #ifdef:
{{{
#ifdef BOOST_INTERPROCESS_BOOTSTAMP_IS_LASTBOOTUPTIME
.
.
#else
.
.
std::sprintf(&stamp_str[0], ""%u"", ((unsigned int)pTypedRecord->TimeGenerated));
.
.
#endif
}}}
BOOST_INTERPROCESS BOOTSTAMP_IS_ LASTBOOTUPTIME not defined in mingw.",Bugs,closed,To Be Determined,interprocess,Boost 1.61.0,Problem,invalid,,