karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer) (04/05/88)
In article <1219@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> roland@rtsg.lbl.gov (Roland McGrath) writes: >[The GNU C library has snprintf() and vsnprintf()] This problem came up some time ago in this newsgroup, and I thought I heard it said that X3J11 recognized the need for a "safe" sprintf() and would be adding snprintf() to the ANSI library. Whatever happened to that proposal? Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint (Note: comp.std.c is no longer moderated)
meissner@xyzzy.UUCP (Michael Meissner) (04/05/88)
In article <3312@haddock.ISC.COM> karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes: | In article <1219@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> roland@rtsg.lbl.gov (Roland McGrath) writes: | >[The GNU C library has snprintf() and vsnprintf()] | | This problem came up some time ago in this newsgroup, and I thought I heard it | said that X3J11 recognized the need for a "safe" sprintf() and would be adding | snprintf() to the ANSI library. Whatever happened to that proposal? It did not get the necessary 2/3 vote to add it, so the proposal was rejected. -- Michael Meissner, Data General. Uucp: ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!meissner Arpa/Csnet: meissner@dg-rtp.DG.COM