Documenting sscanf()'s and fscanf's underflow
| From: | mickmackusa | Date: | Sun, 24 May 2026 20:38:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Documenting sscanf()'s and fscanf's underflow | ||
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Hi all, may I request that the documentation pages for sscanf() and
fscanf() be reviewed?
Last week, I tripped over a bug in my code because, despite using and
loving sscanf() for many years, the function unexpectedly returned -1 for
the number of successful captures when I expected 0.
I've documented the encounter here:
https://stackoverflow.com/q/79942833/2943403
I have been doing a fair amount of Google searching, but either my keywords
are not ideal or there really is no mention of this floating around (even
the C++ pages that I read don't mention it).
Thanks,
mickmackusa