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RE: What are PerlIO_sprintf and PerlIO_vsprintf for?

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August 27, 2013 03:27
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RE: What are PerlIO_sprintf and PerlIO_vsprintf for?
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> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:18:48 -0600
> From: public@khwilliamson.com
> To: perl5-porters@perl.org
> Subject: What are PerlIO_sprintf and PerlIO_vsprintf for?
> 
> These functions are not called by anything in the Perl core, and 
> cpan.grep.me
> 
> http://grep.cpan.me/?q=PerlIO_v%3Fsprintf
> 
> shows just 4 occurrences, none of which look like they result in actual 
> calls.

I think they exist for the incomplete system virtualization stuff perl does. 2 different psuedo-forks having 2 different locales for example. Just a WAG.
 		 	   		  
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