Update.

1999-06-23  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* manual/arith.texi: Document restriction of ndigit parameter of
	ecvt and friends.
	* misc/efgcvt.c: Define NDIGIT_MAX.
	(gcvt): Limit precision in sprintf call to NDIGIT_MAX.
	Do not dynamically allocate the static buffers.  They are small enough.
	* misc/efgcvt_r.c: Define NDIGIT_MAX.
	(fcvt_r): Limit precision in snprintf call to NDIGIT_MAX.
	* misc/qefgcvt.c: Define NDIGIT_MAX.
	* misc/qefgcvt_r.c: Likewise.
	* misc/tst-efgcvt.c (special): Add test for large ndigit parameter.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi
index a422677..7879a77 100644
--- a/manual/arith.texi
+++ b/manual/arith.texi
@@ -2199,6 +2199,9 @@ index in the string of the first digit after the decimal point.
 @var{neg} is set to a nonzero value if @var{value} is negative, zero
 otherwise.
 
+If @var{ndigit} decimal digits would exceed the precision of a
+@code{double} it is reduced to a system-specific value.
+
 The returned string is statically allocated and overwritten by each call
 to @code{ecvt}.
 
@@ -2220,6 +2223,9 @@ left of the decimal point.  For example, if @var{ndigit} is @code{-1},
 negative and larger than the number of digits to the left of the decimal
 point in @var{value}, @var{value} will be rounded to one significant digit.
 
+If @var{ndigit} decimal digits would exceed the precision of a
+@code{double} it is reduced to a system-specific value.
+
 The returned string is statically allocated and overwritten by each call
 to @code{fcvt}.
 @end deftypefun
@@ -2230,6 +2236,9 @@ to @code{fcvt}.
 @code{gcvt} is functionally equivalent to @samp{sprintf(buf, "%*g",
 ndigit, value}.  It is provided only for compatibility's sake.  It
 returns @var{buf}.
+
+If @var{ndigit} decimal digits would exceed the precision of a
+@code{double} it is reduced to a system-specific value.
 @end deftypefun
 
 As extensions, the GNU C library provides versions of these three
@@ -2238,22 +2247,25 @@ functions that take @code{long double} arguments.
 @comment stdlib.h
 @comment GNU
 @deftypefun {char *} qecvt (long double @var{value}, int @var{ndigit}, int *@var{decpt}, int *@var{neg})
-This function is equivalent to @code{ecvt} except that it
-takes a @code{long double} for the first parameter.
+This function is equivalent to @code{ecvt} except that it takes a
+@code{long double} for the first parameter and that @var{ndigit} is
+restricted by the precision of a @code{long double}.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment stdlib.h
 @comment GNU
 @deftypefun {char *} qfcvt (long double @var{value}, int @var{ndigit}, int @var{decpt}, int *@var{neg})
 This function is equivalent to @code{fcvt} except that it
-takes a @code{long double} for the first parameter.
+takes a @code{long double} for the first parameter and that @var{ndigit} is
+restricted by the precision of a @code{long double}.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment stdlib.h
 @comment GNU
 @deftypefun {char *} qgcvt (long double @var{value}, int @var{ndigit}, char *@var{buf})
-This function is equivalent to @code{gcvt} except that it
-takes a @code{long double} for the first parameter.
+This function is equivalent to @code{gcvt} except that it takes a
+@code{long double} for the first parameter and that @var{ndigit} is
+restricted by the precision of a @code{long double}.
 @end deftypefun