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In article <MEISSNER.91Apr20151434@curley.osf.org> meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) writes:
> This can produce the wrong error message if sprintf sets errno (for
> example if it calls malloc and malloc fails).

I'm sure it can, but there are more systems where errno doesn't exist
and perror still works than where sprintf calls malloc. As you say, if
you can depend on ANSI C you can use strerror. If not, I'd rather stick
to the lowest common denominator.

In fact, I don't know of any implementations where sprintf can set errno.
Does *anyone* know of one?

(I once considered, on the Amiga, having perror pop up a requestor if
 the program was called from Workbench...)
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