[Development] Deprecating QString::{v,}sprintf()

[Marc Mutz]

On Tuesday February 21 2012, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On terça-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2012 10.33.12, Marc Mutz wrote:
> > 2. Add static QString::{v,}asprintf()
>
> Do we need them? You can't pass non-POD via ellipsis, so it's not very easy
> to use. I'd much rather you invested time in a C++-style formatting. 
>
> We already have QString::arg().

qlogging.cpp would be quite a bit more complicated without it...

I also need some function to back up sprintf() so QT_NO_DEPRECATED builds 
remain BiC.

On a more general line: QString::sprintf() is the only implementation of a 
printf-style formatter in Qt that allocates its target string, and therefore 
doesn't suffer from the problems of all other functions (except asprintf) 
about buffer lengths.

Look at http://linux.die.net/man/3/vsnprintf, make_message Example, to see how 
horrendous correct implementation of an arbitrary-length version of printf() 
otherwise is.

Bottomline: until we can expect variadic template support for Qt, I think we 
need to keep it. Many people have over the years tried to eradicate printf, 
but it's syntax is just too compact.

Thanks,
Marc

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