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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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16 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 #ifndef _PRINTF_H
20 #define _PRINTF_H 1
21 #include <features.h>
23 __BEGIN_DECLS
25 #define __need_FILE
26 #include <stdio.h>
27 #define __need_size_t
28 #define __need_wchar_t
29 #include <stddef.h>
30 #include <stdarg.h>
33 struct printf_info
35 int prec; /* Precision. */
36 int width; /* Width. */
37 wchar_t spec; /* Format letter. */
38 unsigned int is_long_double:1;/* L flag. */
39 unsigned int is_short:1; /* h flag. */
40 unsigned int is_long:1; /* l flag. */
41 unsigned int alt:1; /* # flag. */
42 unsigned int space:1; /* Space flag. */
43 unsigned int left:1; /* - flag. */
44 unsigned int showsign:1; /* + flag. */
45 unsigned int group:1; /* ' flag. */
46 unsigned int extra:1; /* For special use. */
47 unsigned int is_char:1; /* hh flag. */
48 unsigned int wide:1; /* Nonzero for wide character streams. */
49 unsigned int i18n:1; /* I flag. */
50 unsigned int __pad:4; /* Unused so far. */
51 unsigned short int user; /* Bits for user-installed modifiers. */
52 wchar_t pad; /* Padding character. */
56 /* Type of a printf specifier-handler function.
57 STREAM is the FILE on which to write output.
58 INFO gives information about the format specification.
59 ARGS is a vector of pointers to the argument data;
60 the number of pointers will be the number returned
61 by the associated arginfo function for the same INFO.
63 The function should return the number of characters written,
64 or -1 for errors. */
66 typedef int printf_function (FILE *__stream,
67 const struct printf_info *__info,
68 const void *const *__args);
70 /* Type of a printf specifier-arginfo function.
71 INFO gives information about the format specification.
72 N, ARGTYPES, *SIZE has to contain the size of the parameter for
73 user-defined types, and return value are as for parse_printf_format
74 except that -1 should be returned if the handler cannot handle
75 this case. This allows to partially overwrite the functionality
76 of existing format specifiers. */
78 typedef int printf_arginfo_size_function (const struct printf_info *__info,
79 size_t __n, int *__argtypes,
80 int *__size);
82 /* Old version of 'printf_arginfo_function' without a SIZE parameter. */
84 typedef int printf_arginfo_function (const struct printf_info *__info,
85 size_t __n, int *__argtypes);
87 /* Type of a function to get a value of a user-defined from the
88 variable argument list. */
89 typedef void printf_va_arg_function (void *__mem, va_list *__ap);
92 /* Register FUNC to be called to format SPEC specifiers; ARGINFO must be
93 specified to determine how many arguments a SPEC conversion requires and
94 what their types are. */
96 extern int register_printf_specifier (int __spec, printf_function __func,
97 printf_arginfo_size_function __arginfo)
98 __THROW;
101 /* Obsolete interface similar to register_printf_specifier. It can only
102 handle basic data types because the ARGINFO callback does not return
103 information on the size of the user-defined type. */
105 extern int register_printf_function (int __spec, printf_function __func,
106 printf_arginfo_function __arginfo)
107 __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
110 /* Register a new modifier character sequence. If the call succeeds
111 it returns a positive value representing the bit set in the USER
112 field in 'struct printf_info'. */
114 extern int register_printf_modifier (const wchar_t *__str) __wur __THROW;
117 /* Register variable argument handler for user type. The return value
118 is to be used in ARGINFO functions to signal the use of the
119 type. */
120 extern int register_printf_type (printf_va_arg_function __fct) __wur __THROW;
123 /* Parse FMT, and fill in N elements of ARGTYPES with the
124 types needed for the conversions FMT specifies. Returns
125 the number of arguments required by FMT.
127 The ARGINFO function registered with a user-defined format is passed a
128 `struct printf_info' describing the format spec being parsed. A width
129 or precision of INT_MIN means a `*' was used to indicate that the
130 width/precision will come from an arg. The function should fill in the
131 array it is passed with the types of the arguments it wants, and return
132 the number of arguments it wants. */
134 extern size_t parse_printf_format (const char *__restrict __fmt, size_t __n,
135 int *__restrict __argtypes) __THROW;
138 /* Codes returned by `parse_printf_format' for basic types.
140 These values cover all the standard format specifications.
141 Users can reserve new values after PA_LAST for their own types
142 using 'register_printf_type'. */
144 enum
145 { /* C type: */
146 PA_INT, /* int */
147 PA_CHAR, /* int, cast to char */
148 PA_WCHAR, /* wide char */
149 PA_STRING, /* const char *, a '\0'-terminated string */
150 PA_WSTRING, /* const wchar_t *, wide character string */
151 PA_POINTER, /* void * */
152 PA_FLOAT, /* float */
153 PA_DOUBLE, /* double */
154 PA_LAST
157 /* Flag bits that can be set in a type returned by `parse_printf_format'. */
158 #define PA_FLAG_MASK 0xff00
159 #define PA_FLAG_LONG_LONG (1 << 8)
160 #define PA_FLAG_LONG_DOUBLE PA_FLAG_LONG_LONG
161 #define PA_FLAG_LONG (1 << 9)
162 #define PA_FLAG_SHORT (1 << 10)
163 #define PA_FLAG_PTR (1 << 11)
167 /* Function which can be registered as `printf'-handlers. */
169 /* Print floating point value using using abbreviations for the orders
170 of magnitude used for numbers ('k' for kilo, 'm' for mega etc). If
171 the format specifier is a uppercase character powers of 1000 are
172 used. Otherwise powers of 1024. */
173 extern int printf_size (FILE *__restrict __fp,
174 const struct printf_info *__info,
175 const void *const *__restrict __args) __THROW;
177 /* This is the appropriate argument information function for `printf_size'. */
178 extern int printf_size_info (const struct printf_info *__restrict
179 __info, size_t __n, int *__restrict __argtypes)
180 __THROW;
182 #ifdef __LDBL_COMPAT
183 # include <bits/printf-ldbl.h>
184 #endif
186 __END_DECLS
188 #endif /* printf.h */