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From: mph@behemoth.phx.mcd.mot.com (Mark Huth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Lattice library bug
Message-ID: <11114@behemoth.phx.mcd.mot.com>
Date: 20 Jun 89 01:23:21 GMT
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Reply-To: mph@behemoth.UUCP (Mark Huth)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az.
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It seems that I have discovered a Lattice C library bug.  The routine

SHORT short;
sscanf( string, "%hd", &short );

operates incorrectly (and probably scanf and fscanf as well).

The short is treated as an integer or long within the scanning routine,
corrupting memory and always returning 0 for the value of short.

Yes, I will report this to Lattice, but my registration apparently has
not yet arrived.

Mark Huth