[hwloc-devel] documentation/implementation questions with the snprintf routines

[Guy Streeter]

The man pages for the various snprintf routines indicate that they return the 
number of characters written. My testing indicates that they always return the 
number of characters required, which can be more or less than the space supplied.
My testing also indicates that if the buffer size is indicated as zero, the 
buffer pointer is not referenced. This allows me to pass in NULL and zero to 
determine the required size before allocating the space. I would like to see 
that explicitly promised so I can count on it going forward.
thanks,
--Guy