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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: 4.3BSD stdio.h - sprintf() definition
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Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 03:28:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 16 03:28:00 1987
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In article <521@quacky.UUCP> dce@mips.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
>The 4.3BSD stdio.h contains the following item ... :
>	#ifdef vax
>	char	*sprintf();		/* too painful to do right */
>	#endif
>What is this doing here?

`Right' is

	int	sprintf();		/* per ANSI (draft) std & SysV */

Unfortunately, there are programs that rely upon the old return
value.  Well, they will have to change sometime.
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