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[exim.git] / src / src / string.c

diff --git a/src/src/string.c b/src/src/string.c
index 62678b14500f68c9752a2b38909b325b82d8227b..ba04aa47137d7759ce6eff4de37e2b2ef19bdfb3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/string.c
+++ b/src/src/string.c
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/string.c,v 1.1 2004/10/07 10:39:01 ph10 Exp $ */
+/* $Cambridge: exim/src/src/string.c,v 1.4 2005/06/07 15:20:56 ph10 Exp $ */
 
 /*************************************************
 *     Exim - an Internet mail transport agent    *
 *************************************************/
 
-/* Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 1995 - 2004 */
+/* Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 1995 - 2005 */
 /* See the file NOTICE for conditions of use and distribution. */
 
 /* Miscellaneous string-handling functions. Some are not required for
@@ -944,9 +944,9 @@ on whether the variable length list of data arguments are given explicitly or
 as a va_list item.
 
 The formats are the usual printf() ones, with some omissions (never used) and
-two additions for strings: %S forces lower case, %#s or %#S prints nothing for
-a NULL string. Without the # "NULL" is printed (useful in debugging). There is
-also the addition of %D, which inserts the date in the form used for
+two additions for strings: %S forces lower case, and %#s or %#S prints nothing
+for a NULL string. Without the # "NULL" is printed (useful in debugging). There
+is also the addition of %D, which inserts the date in the form used for
 datestamped log files.
 
 Arguments:
@@ -1070,9 +1070,11 @@ while (*fp != 0)
     break;
 
     /* %f format is inherently insecure if the numbers that it may be
-    handed are unknown (e.g. 1e300). However, in Exim, the only use of %f
-    is for printing load averages, and these are actually stored as integers
-    (load average * 1000) so the size of the numbers is constrained. */
+    handed are unknown (e.g. 1e300). However, in Exim, %f is used for
+    printing load averages, and these are actually stored as integers
+    (load average * 1000) so the size of the numbers is constrained.
+    It is also used for formatting sending rates, where the simplicity
+    of the format prevents overflow. */
 
     case 'f':
     case 'e':