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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T00:15:28+00:00 2026-05-24T00:15:28+00:00

std::string s(foo); sprintf(buf,%s,s); Why at least under MSVC 2010 this line of code doesn’t

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std::string s("foo");
sprintf(buf,"%s",s);

Why at least under MSVC 2010 this line of code doesn’t bug in DEBUG, but bug in RELEASE ?

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    2026-05-24T00:15:28+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 12:15 am

    The %s format specifier expects a NULL terminated char*. You are passing in a std::string instance. If it works in DEBUG, that’s just pure luck.

    You should use:

    std::string s("foo");
    sprintf(buf, "%s", s.c_str());
    

    This will extract a char* and ensure that the buffer is NULL terminated.

    It is possible that in the runtime library std::string has different implementations for DEBUG and RELEASE. Try compiling using both settings, but adding debug symbols to the RELEASE build and then step through the code. Look at the memory location where s is stored. Is there any difference?

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