Nothing unsafe about a "C" style interface. This technique is used by thousands of applications.
Tom, The printf style parameters is responsible for thousands and thousands of security vulnerabilities. The problem is that you put the burden of sanitizing the parameters on the programmer, not the library. If one zero-terminal disappear, you open Pandora's box. That's just an example. What happens when the programmer replaces a string by an int and forgets to update the parameters? I really don't think in 2010 it's sound to encourage that kind of API. I would rather prefer something like this: boost::error("The error " << error_code << " occurred: " << error_message << std::endl); Regards. -Edouard __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4944 (20100314) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com