Re: [gtk-list] Re: Heisenberg was right?

[Kevin Handy <kth srv net>]

At 11:34 PM 6/10/98 +0200, you wrote:
>> and:
>> 
>> char *convert_to_char(double data)
>> {
>>   char *c;
>>   static char buffer[10];
>
>you allocate a ten byte buffer for this number, now look at:
>"2,22222e+10"
>this number has *11* chars, you are writing beyond the char array

It actually requires 12 characters of storage (Don't forget the \0
to end the string). Not allocating for the terminator seems to be
a common problem, which has caused me many strange problems.

>bounds.
>try 
>static char buffer[64];
>or something similar.
>
>>   
>>   sprintf (buffer, "%g", data);
>>   if(data==N_A)
>>     sprintf (buffer, "N/A"); 
>>     c=buffer;
>>     /* printf("buffer:%g\n",data); */
>>     
>>   return c;  
>> }
>
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