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Article #2636C9X proposal for snprintf
From: Richard Browne
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:12
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:12
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This message is a call for interest/support in a proposal to C9X for the inclusion of an 'snprintf' function in the C standard. Many compilers already provide this function, but not all. For those who aren't aware, the sprintf 'problem' is similar to the famous gets, where the functions do not perform overflow checking on the user supplied buffer.. leading to the possibility of random memory overwrites and corruption. snprintf is analogous to sprintf. The difference being that snprintf takes an extra parameter that specifies the sizeof the format conversion buffer, and can thus guarantee that the buffer will never overflow. If you support this proposal, please respond here ot to direct to my email address. Richard Browne. richb@sentor.com.au
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!solon.com!not-for-mail From: richb@sentor.com.au (Richard Browne) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c.moderated,comp.std.c Subject: C9X proposal for snprintf Date: 21 Apr 1996 12:12:27 -0500 Organization: Sentor Communications Sender: clc@solutions.solon.com Approved: clc@solutions.solon.com Message-ID: <4ldq9r$5gf@solutions.solon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: solutions.solon.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82