[GRASS5] Re: G_fatal

[Edzer J. Pebesma]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > according to the programmers manual, G_fatal is defined as
> >
> > int G_fatal_error(char *);
> >
> > but according to gisdefs.h, it is
> >
> > int G_fatal_error(char *,...);

The first one will usually require the programmer to sprintf to a
buffer, which easily leads to buffer overflows. The second one could
be implemented much more safely.
--
Edzer

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