>> In the GNU and UC versions of the libc (at least), the >> scanf/fscanf/sscanf... functions seem to be calling strtoxxx >> internally for number conversions. >> >> In doing so, errno may be set to ERANGE when the input doesn't >> fit in the number size requested > > Okay -- I verified this. > > One of the problems here of course is that the scanf.3 page currently > doesn't document *any* errors...
Okay -- I added an ERRORS section, which documents ERANGE, among others. I also noted that this error is not in POSIX. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]