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diff --git a/doc/README.developer b/doc/README.developer index 1bbc52a8c7..2d64958535 100644 --- a/doc/README.developer +++ b/doc/README.developer @@ -456,6 +456,10 @@ we do not want any new callers of these functions. Instead use g_snprintf() since that function will if used correctly prevent buffer overflows for large strings. +Be sure that all pointers passed to %s specifiers in format strings are non- +NULL. Some implementations will automatically replace NULL pointers with the +string "(NULL)", but most will not. + When using a buffer to create a string, do not use a buffer stored on the stack. I.e. do not use a buffer declared as |