asprintf() and vasprintf() missing in <cstdio> header file

[Uqbar]

While in <stdio.h> I can have asprintf() and vasprintf() declared, in the C++ version of the same header file <cstdio> I don't get it.
By the way, I'm currently running:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

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[Uqbar (uqbar)]

The asprintf() and vasprintf() prototypes are declared in <stdio.h> header file.
The <cstdio> should be the "adapted" version of the same file for C++ language.
Nonetheless those two prototypes are missing from the <cstdio> header file.
This forces the C++ programmers than need those functions to also #include <stdio.h>.
I would expect to see the C++ prototypes for asprintf() and vasprintf() also in <cstdio>.

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[Uqbar (uqbar)]

None interested in this? Weird!

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

NONE IS LISTENING HERE!

[Gene Cumm (gene-cumm)]

If I were to guess, a part of the issue with the bug acting "dead" is the lack of a proper package association. I just installed the package that is the owner of the appropriate file in my distro, (K)Ubuntu 10.04. The file /usr/include/c++/4.4/cstdio is owned by libstdc++6-4.4-dev however your version will have a different version of g++/libstdc++ installed. Hardy also gave you the option of four versions. Try using g++-4.2 (and make sure you're using it with `g++ -v` to show version).

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ "Search the contents of packages" "cstdio" " packages that contain files whose names contain the keyword" distribution:"hardy". Also, on your installed system: `locate cstdio` to find the file then `dpkg -S <FILE>` where in my case I did `dpkg -S /usr/include/c++/4.4/cstdio` to find the owner.

Also, is your system completely up to date for Hardy 8.04? It's possible this was solved upstream and it trickled into an update. Looking at mine it appears to also affect me.

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