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tedunangst
on Dec 4, 2013
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That code is just as easily converted to use snprintf, and then you don't need to worry about the . Or -1.
epsylon
on Dec 4, 2013
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snprintf is C99 IIRC. Which means legacy C89 compilers (or worse!) don't have it.
panzi
on Dec 4, 2013
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Which brings it back again to my initial comment: "I don't understand why functions like gets and sprintf weren't removed from the standard and headers a long time ago."
And by a long time I mean before 1989 (certainly before 1999).
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