printf format string

Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
Tue Aug 31 23:20:00 GMT 1999


 > From: James Beyer <beyerj@sgi.com>
 >  
 > What is the expected output if an argument does not have the
 > appropriate types for the string format specified?
 >  
 > Is the argument just cast into the correct format, with casting rules
 > applied? Or is the output undefined in some cases?
 >  
 > This seems like it may be implementation dependent.
 >  
 > james


Try using gcc -Wformat (or -Wall) to find at compile time the places
where problems might occur.

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