Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:17046 comp.sources.wanted:6758 comp.unix.wizards:15108 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bu-cs!bzs From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: How to predict size of outcome of vsprintf? Message-ID: <28830@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 19 Mar 89 15:38:45 GMT References: <993@etnibsd.UUCP> <994@etnibsd.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci. Lines: 6 In-reply-to: sean@etnibsd.UUCP's message of 17 Mar 89 19:42:52 GMT It seems like the obvious solution would have been to treat a NULL string or file pointer as meaning "just return the number of characters in the result". Oh well. -Barry Shein