From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] snprint(), getfields() specification
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:25:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200105101425.KAA28328@egyptian-gods.MIT.EDU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 May 2001 09:56:56 EDT." <20010510135659.3B4A8199F0@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Rob Pike wrote:
> Really? Unix sprintf tells you what it printed and snprintf tells
> you what it *might* have printed? That's a scary inconsistency.
They both return the length of the formatted string. Would it be any
less scary for sprintf to return the length of the formatted string
and snprintf to return something different and less informative?
Edge cases introduce consistency choices. Better to avoid them,
e.g. with asprintf().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-10 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-10 13:56 rob pike
2001-05-10 14:25 ` Greg Hudson [this message]
2001-05-10 14:44 ` William Josephson
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2001-05-10 17:56 rob pike
2001-05-10 17:51 forsyth
2001-05-10 17:40 erik quanstrom
2001-05-10 16:56 rob pike
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2001-05-10 14:59 ` rob pike
2001-05-10 16:42 ` Scott Schwartz
2001-05-10 18:13 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-05-10 21:38 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-05-11 6:51 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-05-10 14:30 rob pike
2001-05-11 8:33 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-05-14 8:36 ` David Rubin
2001-05-10 5:11 Scott Schwartz
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