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vsprintf: make comment about vs{n,cn,}printf more understandable
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"You probably want ... instead." sounds like a recommendation better
not to use the v... functions.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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Uwe Kleine-König authored and Jiri Kosina committed Apr 6, 2011
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Expand Up @@ -1301,8 +1301,7 @@ int format_decode(const char *fmt, struct printf_spec *spec)
* return is greater than or equal to @size, the resulting
* string is truncated.
*
* Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
* You probably want snprintf() instead.
* If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using snprintf().
*/
int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
{
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* the @buf not including the trailing '\0'. If @size is == 0 the function
* returns 0.
*
* Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
* You probably want scnprintf() instead.
* If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using scnprintf().
*
* See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
*/
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* into @buf. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid
* buffer overflows.
*
* Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
* You probably want sprintf() instead.
* If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using sprintf().
*
* See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.
*/
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