CCS C does it this way...

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From: "michael brown" <n5qmg@AMSAT.ORG>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: displaying a value on LCD


> > At 08:09 AM 3/19/02 -0600, you wrote:
> > > > printf(lcd_putc,"value in memory is %02x",NUMBER);
> > >
> > >Now I'm confused.  Do you mean fprintf?  If so, what C compiler are you
> > >using where a FILE * is the same as a function pointer?  Or does your
> > >compiler have a "different" implementation of printf that can take an
> > >"optional" first argument specifying a putchar type routine to be used
> for
> > >the output?
> >
> > Isn't this a good argument for more standardization in C compilers?
>
> > I've got nothing against them implementing a function like this, but
> > calling it printf is not right.
>
> Spehro,
>
> I have to say that I must agree.  They should have created a new function
> name, they absolutely positively should NOT have done what they did.  What
C
> compiler is this?  How many other things did they mess up?
>
> michael
>
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