Message-Id: <200011061623.LAA03881@qnx.com> Subject: Re: snprintf To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:23:36 -0500 (EST) From: "Alain Magloire" Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: <2593-Sat04Nov2000085036+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Nov 04, 2000 08:50:36 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0b1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > > > Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 16:06:21 -0500 (EST) > > From: "Alain Magloire" > > > > Yes, I forgot about that. It was change somewhat to comply > > to C99 snprintf/vsnprintf semantics, I've sent the docs and patches > > to Eli, but that was along time ago. It was suppose to be > > in V2.03 ? or something. > > No, it was not meant to be part of v2.03, since it came late, and > needed some non-trivial work. > > > The good thing is that it reused > > DJGPP stdio guts but some small cosmetic changes was supposed > > to be done on _doprnt() or __putc() to make it aware of the > > size of the buffer, after that writing v/snprintf() was trivial, > > a few lines of code. > > > > Sorry, I could not find trace of the patches in my $HOME. > > It's on my todo to get that done, if no one else does it before. Your > patches (and the ensuing discussions) are all available via searching > the DJGPP mail archives, http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/. I do not think it is since most of the exchange was not Cc:ed to this list. You'll probably find the trivial v/snprintf implementations but not the patched to make __putc() or fillbuffer overwrite the buffer when the limit is reach. > > In any case the stdio guts (_doprnt() and friends) should > > pay attention not to overflow its buffer. Once that is > > done vsnpritf is trivial and maybe other things can be added. > > Yes, this small issue was the reason why the function is not yet part > of the CVS. > -- au revoir, alain ---- Aussi haut que l'on soit assis, on n'est toujours assis que sur son cul !!!