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Re: Printf fn=-1 and it still works

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Dec 18, 2005
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Daniel Kluss wrote:
> I have to say that I would expect an error, but that is just weird that it
> works.
> If you open a file for reading and you use printf it complains though.
> I'm using exw.exe if that makes a difference.

That's a bug. Thanks.
printf(-1, ...) doesn't really "work".
It just doesn't give an error like it should.
No output is produced.

It's easy to fix. -2, +3 etc. all give errors.
-1 is a special case in the printf code. It's not handled right.
puts(-1, ...) correctly gives an error.

Thanks,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com