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diff --git a/manual/stdio.texi b/manual/stdio.texi index 3449a51d2b..9cf4c9fb68 100644 --- a/manual/stdio.texi +++ b/manual/stdio.texi @@ -1616,6 +1616,12 @@ make_message (char *name, char *value) @end smallexample In practice, it is often easier just to use @code{asprintf}, below. + +@strong{Attention:} In the GNU C library version 2.0 the return value +is the number of characters stored, not including the terminating null. +If this value equals @code{@var{size} - 1}, then there was not enough +space in @var{s} for all the output. This change was neccessary with +the adoption of snprintf by ISO C9x. @end deftypefun @node Dynamic Output |