How to predict size of outcome of vsprintf?

[Orr Michael]

In article <12135 at haddock.ima.isc.com> 
   karl at haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>
>But `msprintf' has the flaw that the va_list version would be named
>`vmsprintf', which suggests that it has something to do with a certain
>obscure operating system.
>
>Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint
 ... In which 'printf' itself is limited to 512 chars at most, getting you
a crash if you try printing longer strings ...


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