On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:01:59PM -0700, ge...@geoffhill.org wrote:
> Right now the printf(3) family of manpages make no reference to errno.
> Glancing at __vfprintf, it appears that most of the erroneous paths do
> set errno.
Most, but not all. Stating it will set errno in all error cases is
Right now the printf(3) family of manpages make no reference to errno.
Glancing at __vfprintf, it appears that most of the erroneous paths do
set errno.
Should the manual be amended to reflect this behavior, so that users
have a documented way to determine the cause of failure in such cases?