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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi index 103be34abb..dd8555478a 100644 --- a/manual/stdio.texi +++ b/manual/stdio.texi @@ -1479,11 +1479,11 @@ the @var{size} argument specifies the maximum number of characters to produce. The trailing null character is counted towards this limit, so you should allocate at least @var{size} characters for the string @var{s}. -The return value is the number of characters which are generated for the -given input. If this value is greater than @var{size}, not all -characters from the result have been stored in @var{s}. You should -try again with a bigger output string. Here is an example of doing -this: +The return value is the number of characters which would be generated +for the given input. If this value is greater or equal to @var{size}, +not all characters from the result have been stored in @var{s}. You +should try again with a bigger output string. Here is an example of +doing this: @smallexample @group @@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ make_message (char *name, char *value) name, value); @end group @group - if (nchars) >= size) + if (nchars >= size) @{ /* @r{Reallocate buffer now that we know how much space is needed.} */ buffer = (char *) xrealloc (buffer, nchars + 1); |