On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 22:26 -0500, Ken Takusagawa wrote: > In main.c we have > > jobserver_fds->list[0] = xmalloc ((sizeof ("1024")*2)+1); > > sprintf (jobserver_fds->list[0], "%d,%d", job_fds[0], job_fds[1]); > > Shouldn't xmalloc get a "+2" instead of "+1"? 1 for the comma, and > one for the null terminator?
sizeof("1024") is 5 (the sizeof() a constant string includes the \0 terminator). I'm not sure why we add one, to be honest. Just being extra safe I guess. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make