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From: dce@mips.UUCP (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: 4.3BSD stdio.h - sprintf() definition
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Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 18:50:56 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 15 18:50:56 1987
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The 4.3BSD stdio.h contains the following item, found near the
bottom of the file:

	#ifdef vax
	char	*sprintf();		/* too painful to do right */
	#endif

What is this doing here? What is supposed to be in apposition to
"vax"?

What will break on my non-vax system if I remove the #ifdef?

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David Elliott		{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!dce