asprintf.c: Change comment to note that -1 is returned upon error.

vasprintf.c: Likewise.	(vasprintf): Return -1 upon error.
functions.texi: Document changes to asprintf and vasprintf.

4 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index d26d5ef..af52033 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-06-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* asprintf.c: Change comment to note that -1 is returned upon
+	error.
+	* vasprintf.c: Likewise.
+	(vasprintf): Return -1 upon error.
+	* functions.texi: Document changes to asprintf and vasprintf.
+
 2003-05-19  Kelley Cook  <kelleycook@wideopenwest.com>
 
 	* config.table: Accept i[345867]86 variant.
diff --git a/libiberty/asprintf.c b/libiberty/asprintf.c
index 5de7756..cd0543a 100644
--- a/libiberty/asprintf.c
+++ b/libiberty/asprintf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Like sprintf but provides a pointer to malloc'd storage, which must
    be freed by the caller.
-   Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1997, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Cygnus Solutions.
 
 This file is part of the libiberty library.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pass a pointer to a pointer.  This function will compute the size of
 the buffer needed, allocate memory with @code{malloc}, and store a
 pointer to the allocated memory in @code{*@var{resptr}}.  The value
 returned is the same as @code{sprintf} would return.  If memory could
-not be allocated, zero is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
+not be allocated, minus one is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
 @code{*@var{resptr}}.
 
 @end deftypefn
diff --git a/libiberty/functions.texi b/libiberty/functions.texi
index b34c204..2d30c5d 100644
--- a/libiberty/functions.texi
+++ b/libiberty/functions.texi
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pass a pointer to a pointer.  This function will compute the size of
 the buffer needed, allocate memory with @code{malloc}, and store a
 pointer to the allocated memory in @code{*@var{resptr}}.  The value
 returned is the same as @code{sprintf} would return.  If memory could
-not be allocated, zero is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
+not be allocated, minus one is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
 @code{*@var{resptr}}.
 
 @end deftypefn
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ you pass a pointer to a pointer.  This function will compute the size
 of the buffer needed, allocate memory with @code{malloc}, and store a
 pointer to the allocated memory in @code{*@var{resptr}}.  The value
 returned is the same as @code{vsprintf} would return.  If memory could
-not be allocated, zero is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
+not be allocated, minus one is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
 @code{*@var{resptr}}.
 
 @end deftypefn
diff --git a/libiberty/vasprintf.c b/libiberty/vasprintf.c
index aa20e5b..7752604 100644
--- a/libiberty/vasprintf.c
+++ b/libiberty/vasprintf.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Like vsprintf but provides a pointer to malloc'd storage, which must
    be freed by the caller.
-   Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1994, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of the libiberty library.
 Libiberty is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ you pass a pointer to a pointer.  This function will compute the size
 of the buffer needed, allocate memory with @code{malloc}, and store a
 pointer to the allocated memory in @code{*@var{resptr}}.  The value
 returned is the same as @code{vsprintf} would return.  If memory could
-not be allocated, zero is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
+not be allocated, minus one is returned and @code{NULL} is stored in
 @code{*@var{resptr}}.
 
 @end deftypefn
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int_vasprintf (result, format, args)
   if (*result != NULL)
     return vsprintf (*result, format, *args);
   else
-    return 0;
+    return -1;
 }
 
 int