Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Why not use g_snprint() instead of snprintf() / NEED_SNPRINTF_H?

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Hi List!

All over the code, something like:

#ifdef NEED_SNPRINTF_H
# include "snprintf.h"
#endif

in combination with snprintf() can be found.


Why not use GLIBs "String Utility Functions", and get rid of this setting?

snprintf -> g_snprintf
vsnprintf -> g_vsnprintf
...

This might also be true for some other (potentially unsecure) string 
functions like sprintf all over the code.


However, it may be necessary to keep some source files independant of 
the GLIB, but I don't see currently any place, where this might be the true.

Regards, ULFL