Must count '*' characters as potential arguments.

diff --git a/src/port/snprintf.c b/src/port/snprintf.c
index 38034b519d3e563851e4367ab16d834224f7fea6..04a5eb58b249b88848419c2c4d5db9527c45a373 100644 (file)
--- a/src/port/snprintf.c
+++ b/src/port/snprintf.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  * causing nasty effects.
  **************************************************************/
 
-/*static char _id[] = "$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/snprintf.c,v 1.26 2005/03/20 13:54:53 momjian Exp $";*/
+/*static char _id[] = "$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/port/snprintf.c,v 1.27 2005/04/14 20:53:09 tgl Exp $";*/
 
 static void dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end);
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end)
        int                     precision;
        int                     position;
        char       *output;
-       int                     percents = 1;
+       int                     nargs = 1;
        const char *p;
        struct fmtpar
        {
@@ -220,18 +220,22 @@ dopr(char *buffer, const char *format, va_list args, char *end)
                int                     longlongflag;
        }                  *fmtpar, **fmtparptr;
 
-       /* Create enough structures to hold all arguments */
+       /*
+        * Create enough structures to hold all arguments.  This overcounts,
+        * eg not all '*' characters are necessarily arguments, but it's not
+        * worth being exact.
+        */
        for (p = format; *p != '\0'; p++)
-               if (*p == '%')                  /* counts %% as two, so overcounts */
-                       percents++;
+               if (*p == '%' || *p == '*')
+                       nargs++;
 
        /* Need to use malloc() because memory system might not be started yet. */
-       if ((fmtpar = malloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar) * percents)) == NULL)
+       if ((fmtpar = malloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar) * nargs)) == NULL)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
                exit(1);
        }
-       if ((fmtparptr = malloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar *) * percents)) == NULL)
+       if ((fmtparptr = malloc(sizeof(struct fmtpar *) * nargs)) == NULL)
        {
                fprintf(stderr, _("out of memory\n"));
                exit(1);