afaik, matteo is right:

  sprintf(&s, "%.0s", "whatever")

outputs a null-length string to &s; i.e. afterwards

  strcmp(s,{'\0'})==0

marmosets,
        Bryan

On 2009-12-11 06:13:20, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> appears
to have written:
> On Dec 9, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Matteo Sisti Sette wrote:
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner escribió:
>>> What does printf do?  It probably should mimic that behavior.
>>
>> I think it should mimic sprintf's behaviour to be precise.
...
>> according to the definition
>> it should just output a 0-length string.
> 
> Just write a tiny C program to test what sprintf() actually does.

-- 
Bryan Jurish                           "There is *always* one more bug."
[email protected]      -Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology

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