Re: snprintf return value

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On 11/12/18 10:47 am, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
> Or much simpler as
> 
>     snprintf(buf, BUFLEN,
>        ...
>        ...
>        ...
>        ...
>     );

One would assume there's some logic between appending bits of string.

>     buf[BUFLEN - 1] = '\0';  // just in case we hit bottom

Now who needs to read the documentation? snprintf guarantees always to 
null-terminate.

Clifford Heath.

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  Re: snprintf return value Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2018-12-10 18:24 +0800
    Re: snprintf return value pozz <pozzugno@gmail.com> - 2018-12-10 11:32 +0100
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  Re: snprintf return value David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-10 13:15 +0100
  Re: snprintf return value Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-12-11 08:49 +1100
    Re: snprintf return value Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2018-12-11 11:41 -0500
      Re: snprintf return value Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-12-12 10:34 +1100
        Re: snprintf return value David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-12-12 09:09 +0100
          Re: snprintf return value Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-12-12 21:38 +1100
        Re: snprintf return value Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2018-12-30 11:23 -0600
  Re: snprintf return value Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2018-12-11 00:47 +0100
    Re: snprintf return value Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2018-12-11 13:31 +1100

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