From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: scanf buffer overflow; support 'hh' conversion specifier [PATCH]
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Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:37:46 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <3DF93420.D217F616@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> from "Richard Dawe" at Dec 13, 2002 01:13:04 AM
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> Charles Sandmann wrote:
> [snip]
> > d,D, o,O, i,I, u,U, x,X, e,E, g,G all supposedly do the same thing.
> 
> For printf? Or scanf?

scanf.  I tried to attach the brain to keyboard this time

> To be clear: what does Borland C++ 3.0's docs say for scanf and the X type
> conversion?

Says int - if you want to change size then you must use size adjuster.