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Date:      Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:41:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        obrien@NUXI.com
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: snprintf() in the kernel
Message-ID:  <199811200441.UAA18801@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981119203050.A4033@nuxi.com> from David O'Brien at "Nov 19, 98 08:30:50 pm"

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David O'Brien writes:
> > The only subtle gotcha with snprintf() is that it returns
> > the number of characters that *would* have been printed,
> > not the number that actually were printed. 
> 
> So, create a new function called ksprintf() that has the calling semantics
> of sprintf(), but the return semantics you like.

I don't have a problem with it.. I'm just pointing that out so people
don't make the wrong assumption (I found out the hard way once :-)

-Archie

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