Type Checking (CRT)
Visual Studio 2015
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The compiler performs limited type checking on functions that can take a variable number of arguments, as follows:
| Function call | Type-checked arguments |
|---|---|
_cprintf_s, _cscanf_s, printf_s, scanf_s | First argument (format string) |
fprintf_s, fscanf_s, sprintf_s, sscanf_s | First two arguments (file or buffer and format string) |
_snprintf_s | First three arguments (file or buffer, count, and format string) |
_open | First two arguments (path and _open flag) |
_sopen_s | First three arguments (path, _open flag, and sharing mode) |
_execl, _execle, _execlp, _execlpe | First two arguments (path and first argument pointer) |
_spawnl, _spawnle, _spawnlp, _spawnlpe | First three arguments (mode flag, path, and first argument pointer) |
The compiler performs the same limited type checking on the wide-character counterparts of these functions.
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