Re: gint to gchar: g_sprintf

[Gus Koppel <gtk spamkiller bytechase cx>]

Sukrit K Mehra wrote:

> > you should ommit the type specification of addid:
> > g_sprintf (addid, "%d", add);
>
> Still same. Is g_sprintf not there in gtk1.2/glib? Tried with 2.0 too
> doesn't work? I have included glib.h gtk/gtk.h. Beats me why it
> doesn't work.

g_sprintf () is apparently new since GLib 2.x.

However, no matter what you do, please *NEVER* use g_sprintf () or
sprintf ()! Always use g_snprintf () (or snprintf () ) instead. Besides,
g_snprintf () is available in GLib 1.2 while g_sprintf () is not.

There is a great probability to integrate buffer overflows in your
application if you perpetually use (g_)sprintf (). This could result in
either hard to find bugs (best case) or remote exploits (worst case),
depending on the kind of your application.

See for instance
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/security/library/s-buffer-defend.html
to learn more about this issue.