Re: string types

[ag]

On Sun, Dec 29, at 10:19 Bruno Haible wrote:
> Aga wrote:
> >   - the returned value of the *printf family of functions dictates their
> >     limits/range, as they return an int, this can be as INT_MAX mostly
> 
> Yes, we need new implementations of the *asprintf functions that are not
> limited to returning strings of maximum length INT_MAX.

There is also the question how current functions behave with buffers over 
INT_MAX.
And what to do with such large buffers if stdio can not handle them reliably.
And what POSIX says about this if says at all?