Re: [PATCH] New function outString_printf

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:55:34AM +0100, Jeroen Demeyer wrote:
> In order to implement SVG plotting, the outString machinery from
> src/language/es.c is very useful. It allows writing to a string in a way
> which is very analogous as writing to a file. Unfortunately, this is
> currently not exported. This patch makes the minimal changes needed to make
> the functionality available which is needed for SVG plotting.

Maybe be I am confused, but why not use the outString mechanism to
create a PariOUT object that would be given to out_printf ?

This way plotsvg could be changed to write the SVG file to a PariOUT object
which would be either a file or a string.

Cheers,
Bill.