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From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: MSC5.1 bug in printf()?
Keywords: software, compilers, C
Message-ID: <980@hawkmoon.MN.ORG>
Date: 17 Jun 89 22:55:10 GMT
Organization: One of the Eternal Champions - Richfield, MN, 554232523, USA
Lines: 28

Is there any known bug in the MSC 5.1 compiler with printf() functions?  I have
encountered strange occurances before with printf()s not behaving as i would
expect.  Here is the fragment of code in question.  The printf() hangs witht he
leading underscore, but doesn't without it....  Very strange!

#ifdef	DEBUG
     if (debuglevel>8)
       then
	{printf("cp: before getmem(): size=%ld",stbuf.st_size);
	 /* the following statement hangs the PC!  The only difference between
	  * this and the next one (that works) is the leading underscore "_" on
	  * memavl in the format string... very strange.
	  * A  msc5.1 bug????
  >>>>	 printf(" _memavl()=%u",_memavl());
	  */	  ^
		  |
		  V
  >>>>	 printf(" memavl()=%u",_memavl());
	 printf(" _memmax()=%u\n",_memmax());
	}
#endif

I have included <malloc.h>, per the man page for memavl().
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