checking format strings for the Python/C API

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Bugzilla Link	PR16798
Status	NEW
Importance	P enhancement
Reported by	Todd Nowacki (nowacki724@gmail.com)
Reported on	2013-08-05 15:59:52 -0700
Last modified on	2015-02-09 11:54:05 -0800
Version	unspecified
Hardware	PC All
CC	llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org, llvm@insonuit.org, nowacki724@gmail.com
Fixed by commit(s)
Attachments	format_checker.patch (43378 bytes, application/octet-stream)
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Created attachment 10987
Proposed implementation

Progress patch for checker

The checker should be able to check that the format string is well formed
(matching parens, no unexpected characters, etc.), and should check that the
arguments given fit the type specified in the format string.

At this time, there is no way to check the types for a variable argument list.

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Attached format_checker.patch (43378 bytes, application/octet-stream): Proposed implementation

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See http://docs.python.org/3.1/c-api/arg.html for details on the format strings.