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On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:17:14 +0100, cinap_lenrek@felloff.net wrote:
> to be clear, this is like:
> 
> buf = ... usercontrolled string ...
> 
> print(buf); vs print("%s", buf);
> 
> the former allows you to crash the program.
> 
> --
> cinap

Ah, thanks. I'd always seen the latter style, but it never clicked
for me why it was done that way. Makes a lot of sense now... time
to grep through my programs and see all the other places I've made
this mistake.

- sam-d