--- a/String.st	Sat Jan 08 17:18:40 1994 +0100
+++ b/String.st	Sat Jan 08 17:24:16 1994 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 COPYRIGHT (c) 1988 by Claus Gittinger
              All Rights Reserved
 
-$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/String.st,v 1.6 1993-12-11 00:58:18 claus Exp $
+$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/String.st,v 1.7 1994-01-08 16:24:02 claus Exp $
 '!
 
 %{
@@ -340,24 +340,25 @@
      which is defined by printf.
      No checking on overrunning the buffer."
 
-%{  /* STACK: 4000 */
+%{  /* STACK: 1000 */
 
-    char buffer[3900];
+    char buffer[800];
     char *cp;
 
     if (_isString(formatString)) {
-#ifdef THISCONTEXT_IN_REGISTER
-        /* mhmh - sprintf seems to destroy thisContext (if its in a register) */
+        /*
+         * actually only needed on sparc: since thisContext is
+         * in a global register, which gets destroyed by printf,
+         * manually save it here - very stupid ...
+         */
         OBJ sav = __thisContext;
-#endif
+
         cp = (char *)_stringVal(self);
         if (_qClass(self) != String)
             cp += _intVal(_ClassInstPtr(_qClass(self))->c_ninstvars) * sizeof(OBJ);
 
         sprintf(buffer, (char *)_stringVal(formatString), cp);
-#ifdef THISCONTEXT_IN_REGISTER
         __thisContext = sav;
-#endif
         RETURN ( _MKSTRING(buffer COMMA_SND) );
     }
 %}