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Hi all, There are a bunch of sprintf calls in the FLAC code base and I'd like to replace them with calls to snprintf but I know that can cause problems with at least some versions of Visual Studio. Whats the current state of play in this regard? Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/

Christoph Terasa wrote: > Since MS refuses to support C99, the common practice is to use either > > sprintf_s: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ce3zzk1k(v=VS.80).aspx > _snprintf_s: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/f30dzcf6(v=VS.80).aspx > > The former can be used as a drop-in replacement of snprintf via a > define, the latter takes an additional argument count which can limit > the bytes written to the buffer additionally. Hmm, the first can be used as a drop-in replacement for many but not all uses o...

...of Visual Studio. > > Whats the current state of play in this regard? > > Erik Since MS refuses to support C99, the common practice is to use either sprintf_s: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ce3zzk1k(v=VS.80).aspx _snprintf_s: http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/f30dzcf6(v=VS.80).aspx The former can be used as a drop-in replacement of snprintf via a define, the latter takes an additional argument count which can limit the bytes written to the buffer additionally. DO NOT use _snprintf: http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/2ts7cx93(v=vs.80).aspx since th...

...e: > Christoph Terasa wrote: > >> Since MS refuses to support C99, the common practice is to use either >> >> sprintf_s: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ce3zzk1k(v=VS.80).aspx >> _snprintf_s: >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/f30dzcf6(v=VS.80).aspx >> >> The former can be used as a drop-in replacement of snprintf via a >> define, the latter takes an additional argument count which can limit >> the bytes written to the buffer additionally. > > Hmm, the first can be used as a drop-in replacement f...