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snprintf can be tricky (mainly because it can potentially not include the null character in certain situations), but I prefer that to avoid sprintf buffer overflows potential problems.

terson
– terson

2008-10-11 18:08:50 +00:00
Commented Oct 11, 2008 at 18:08
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sprintf(char*, const char*, ...) will fail on some versions of compilers when you pass a std::string to %s. Not all, though (it's undefined behavior) and it may depend on string length (SSO). Please use .c_str()

MSalters
– MSalters

2008-10-13 10:42:31 +00:00
Commented Oct 13, 2008 at 10:42
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plus sprintf is subject to buffer overflows so possible code injection

Jean-François Fabre
– Jean-François Fabre ♦

2019-05-16 16:41:27 +00:00
Commented May 16, 2019 at 16:41

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