Compiler printf format checking

[Mikael Vidstedt]

Are we saying the gcc format checking ignores any qualifiers on %p, yet correctly treats it as a pointer format? That is, if we use something like "%08p", will gcc still recognize that as a pointer format and look for a pointer argument (without complaining)?

Cheers,
Mikael

> On Dec 11, 2013, at 3:06 PM, John Rose <john.r.rose at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Dec 11, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Dmitry Samersoff <dmitry.samersoff at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> we can just use %p on all platforms
> 
> That's clever.
> 
> I do think we need to use an off-the-shelf static analyzer for the format strings.  There is only a tiny amount of room to maneuver within the confines of the language of printf format strings.
> 
> There are probably several other fiddly details like this, such as "how do I format intptr_t" and "how do I format jlong" and maybe "how do I format an oop".  It may be possible to do some dodges like %p to get around those also.  (The [-+#] modifiers look tantalizing to me in this regard.)
> 
> — John
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