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[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / snprintf.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi b/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
index 9e8f5ad..aa32808 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{snprintf} or @code{snpr
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 IRIX 5.3, OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1.
 @item
+This function does not return a byte count as specified in C99 on some platforms:
+HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
+@item
 This function overwrites memory even when a size argument of 1 is passed on some
 platforms:
 Linux libc5.
@@ -66,15 +69,17 @@ This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
 floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
 Solaris 10/x86, mingw, BeOS.
 @item
+This function mishandles large floating point precisions
+(for example, formatting 1.0 with @samp{"%.511f"})
+on some platforms:
+Solaris 10.
+@item
 This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
 MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0.
 @item
 This function does not truncate the result as specified in C99 on some platforms:
 mingw.
 @item
-This function does not return a byte count as specified in C99 on some platforms:
-HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw.
-@item
 This function does not fully support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
 HP-UX 11, mingw.
 @item