On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 3:36 PM, <wald...@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi Laszlo,
>
> > Yeah, I guess it is about personal preference. I personally do not like
> the
> > extended code just to make some "smart" option silent. ...
>
> Based on your arguing it seems that you have NEVER heard about
> format string exploits which are around for 15 years?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_format_string


That is your interpretation, but what I am saying, _this code_ does not do
any exploit. Either way, please do not use printf. I have had a quick
measure, and fputs performs slightly better. The "%s" is an overhead in the
way.
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