Re: sprintf_s() functions different in vc2008 and vc2005?
Carol <Carol.Hu.Mail@gmail.com> wrote:
The following code works fine in vc2005, but it throws a memory error
in vc2008 when runs the delete[] sentence.
char* pstr = NULL;
pstr = new char[2];
sprintf_s(pstr, 5, "%d", 2);
delete[] pstr;
As the 2nd parameter of sprintf_s() is defined as Max number of chars
to copy, I think it should be fine when the lenght of the source
string is only 2...
In VC2008 debug CRT, sprintf_s fills unused portion of the buffer with
0xFD pattern. There was a discussion of a similar issue here just the
other day:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vc.language/browse_frm/thread/a8b1e588b5236109/12559bdc82f8da36
In any case, your code shouldn't lie to the function about buffer size.
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