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On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 01:28:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 04/03/2025 20:59, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:38:57 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Perhaps not, but snprintf can easily append to prior snprint output. 
>>> No need to do it all at once.
>>>
>>> sprintf has been deprecated for decades.
>> 
>> I often use sprintf() like
>> 
>> char* ptr = errbuf;
>> 
>> ptr += sprintf(ptr, "prymed LogiOpt settings:\n");
>> ptr += sprintf(ptr, "\tcfslib debug         : %x\n", cfslib_debug);
>> ptr += sprintf(ptr, "\tdata bits            : %d\n", data_bits); ptr +=
>> sprintf(ptr, "\tdebug                : %x\n", debug);
>> ...
>> 
>> 
> Yes, That does have the advantage of putting the elements that relate
> closer together, but its fucking inefficient code wise.

There are places, fewer than most people think, where maximum code 
efficiency is important. Otherwise readability and maintainability trump 
efficient. In this case it executes once at program startup and logs what 
configuration items were set.