On 27 Apr 2000, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> > If you must code in C, at least use the safe routines in glib (for
> > example g_strdup_sprintf) rather then using unsafe functions such as
> > sprintf.
>
> This might be not feasible if you need to write portable code
> (nor will be snprintf(), which is non-standard, IIRC). You need
> to get into the habit of putting checks in your code to prevent
> buffer overflows.
To reiterate my point: use glib instead of libc. Glib is *very* portable.
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