On Feb 5, 2008 11:08 AM, Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Constructions like this give me the willies: > > char * const buf = (char *)mem_sys_allocate(16); > sprintf(buf, "%d", type); > i saw this code the other day, and thought, "gee, malloc's just gonna grab 64 anyway. that's silly."
> Yes, I know that 16 characters is more than enough, but I still don't > like it. I'd prefer it if we were using instead > > snprintf(buf, 16, "%d", type); > > I suspect there's a teeny performance hit since snprintf() has to > check how far it's gone, but I can't imagine it's big enough to offset > the safety. > i like it. ~jerry
