Re: GError update

[John Cupitt <john cupitt ng-london org uk>]

Owen Taylor wrote:
> Eric Lemings <eric.b.lemings@lmco.com> writes:
> > Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > >
> > > GError*  g_error_new           (GQuark         domain,
> > >                                 gint           code,
> > >                                 const gchar   *format,
> > >                                 ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF (3, 4);
> > >
> > > GError*  g_error_new_literal   (GQuark         domain,
> > >                                 gint           code,
> > >                                 const gchar   *message);
> >
> > Uh, I don't see the need for the second one since 'format' can be a
> > literal just like in printf.
> 
> The reason for the second variant is so you can print out a string
> that might contain '%' characters without having to worry about
> escaping them.

That's true, but you can always do:

	g_error_new( dmn, cde, "%s", str );

Not too much overhead, surely?

John
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