From -1048985508221258249 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,ef92157550fe04a1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-01 08:45:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Jack Klein Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: snprintf/vsnprintf Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 16:43:51 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <7cH=OaEiVMdHg15jzgFt7T7KjZS9@4ax.com> References: X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 973097047 mail2news:21170 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Authentication-Warning: backdraft.briar.org: smap set sender to using -f X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 07:10:51 GMT Lines: 24 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.std.c++:1848 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:36:11 GMT, "Timur Aydin" wrote in comp.std.c++: > These are the safe versions of the standard "sprintf" and "vsprintf" and > exist in the runtime libraries of some compilers. In addition to the > arguments of the standard functions, these take an additional argument that > specifies the size of the destination buffer to prevent writing beyond the > end of the buffer. I think it would be beneficial to have this function part > of the C and C++ standard specified. Here are some reasons: Note that both of these functions are now part of the C standard, since the adoption of the "C99" update about a year ago. Jack Klein -- Home: http://jackklein.home.att.net --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ] [ Note that the FAQ URL has changed! Please update your bookmarks. ]