Re: use of %n in genmodes.c causes trouble on Vista

["Simon Brenner" <olsner at gmail dot com>]

In this case, it's the Mac OS X man page. Which I now see doesn't say
the same thing as POSIX. Which was just the point I was trying to make
- you can't rely on the return value for determining the number of
characters written.

Oh, and I am sure the reality of my Operating System is very close to 100% ;-)

// Simon

On 6/6/07, Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> wrote:
> On 06 June 2007 12:04, Simon Brenner wrote:
>
> > According to my manpage, printf returns 0 on success, 1 on failure. No
> > mention of the number of characters written.
>
>   Well, maybe you should ...
>
> >  use a Real Operating System
>
> ....<g>!  What man page exactly are you referring to?
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
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