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-rw-r--r--libiberty/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--libiberty/asprintf.c4
-rw-r--r--libiberty/functions.texi4
-rw-r--r--libiberty/vasprintf.c6
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