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my $buf = "string"; return $string;  is cool in Perl, but not in C;
found by Ulrich Spoerlein <uqs at freebsd> using the clang static analyzer;
"ok, but please document the numbers" kristaps@

Modified Files:
--------------
    mdocml:
        mandoc.c

Revision Data
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Index: mandoc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/mandoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -Lmandoc.c -Lmandoc.c -u -p -r1.37 -r1.38
--- mandoc.c
+++ mandoc.c
@@ -386,29 +386,35 @@ static char *
 time2a(time_t t)
 {
 	struct tm	 tm;
-	char		 buf[DATESIZE];
-	char		*p;
-	size_t		 nsz, rsz;
+	char		*buf, *p;
+	size_t		 ssz;
 	int		 isz;
 
 	localtime_r(&t, &tm);
 
-	p = buf;
-	rsz = DATESIZE;
-
-	if (0 == (nsz = strftime(p, rsz, "%B ", &tm)))
-		return(NULL);
-
-	p += (int)nsz;
-	rsz -= nsz;
-
-	if (-1 == (isz = snprintf(p, rsz, "%d, ", tm.tm_mday)))
-		return(NULL);
+	/*
+	 * Reserve space:
+	 * up to 9 characters for the month (September) + blank
+	 * up to 2 characters for the day + comma + blank
+	 * 4 characters for the year and a terminating '\0'
+	 */
+	p = buf = mandoc_malloc(10 + 4 + 4 + 1);
+
+	if (0 == (ssz = strftime(p, 10 + 1, "%B ", &tm)))
+		goto fail;
+	p += (int)ssz;
 
+	if (-1 == (isz = snprintf(p, 4 + 1, "%d, ", tm.tm_mday)))
+		goto fail;
 	p += isz;
-	rsz -= isz;
 
-	return(strftime(p, rsz, "%Y", &tm) ? buf : NULL);
+	if (0 == strftime(p, 4 + 1, "%Y", &tm))
+		goto fail;
+	return(buf);
+
+fail:
+	free(buf);
+	return(NULL);
 }
 
 
@@ -430,7 +436,7 @@ mandoc_normdate(char *in, mandocmsg msg,
 		t = 0;
 	}
 	out = t ? time2a(t) : NULL;
-	return(mandoc_strdup(out ? out : in));
+	return(out ? out : mandoc_strdup(in));
 }
 
 
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