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Re: asprintf() issue
- From: Archie Cobbs <archie dot cobbs at gmail dot com>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Michael Kerrisk-manpages <mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 11:29:38 -0500
- Subject: Re: asprintf() issue
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On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 05/12/2015 05:00 PM, Archie Cobbs wrote:
>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Dynamic-Output.html
>>
>> That link clearly says nothing about *strp on failure.
>
> To me, this implies the original value is preserved. We can add this to
> the documentation if that makes everyone happy.
Frankly I don't see how saying nothing implies anything, but I'm happy
to accept your interpretation :)
Please add a sentence to that effect, thanks.
Michael, is that sufficient for you?
-Archie
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Archie L. Cobbs