Re: back to basics

["Dov Grobgeld" <dov grobgeld gmail com>]

In some cases you might find it easier to use either
g_shell_parse_argv () or g_shell_parse_argv () as alternatives to
scanf() when using glib. Numbers may then be extracted through a
simple atof() or atoi().  This usually gives better control and error
handling than scanf(), imo.

Note though, that if you are using scanf, this means that you are
parsing a syntax. You'd be better off choosing one of the common meta
syntaxes for expressing your data. E.g. XML, JSON, YAML. (Though the
latter appearantly has no c-binding), or "ini" files through the
GKeyFile parser() in glib.

Regards,
Dov

On 9/23/06, Anna <christiana hipointcoffee com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 09:05:42PM +0100, Yiannis wrote:
> > Hi, a very basic question but I ve been looking in all the api to find the
> > answer.... Are there any equivalent functions in glib for scanf and sscanf and
> > where please? Thx.
>
> I believe the idea with GLib providing replacements for standard libc
> functions is to fix bugs and make them work the same on all supported
> platforms, whenever possible.  Presumably, if the originals are bug free
> and already work the same on all platforms then there is no reason to
> create a replacement/wrapper, so there wouldn't be one.  Maybe this is
> the case with scanf.
>
> - Anna
>
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