--- a/String.st	Mon Sep 14 22:43:29 2009 +0200
+++ b/String.st	Mon Sep 14 23:55:54 2009 +0200
@@ -473,7 +473,6 @@
 ! !
 
 
-
 !String class methodsFor:'queries'!
 
 defaultPlatformClass
@@ -2924,7 +2923,9 @@
     "non-standard but sometimes useful.
      Return a printed representation of the receiver as specified by formatString,
      which is defined by printf.
-     This method is NONSTANDARD and may be removed without notice."
+     This method is NONSTANDARD and may be removed without notice.
+     WARNNG: this goes directly to the C-printf function and may therefore me inherently unsafe.
+     Please use the printf: method, which is safe as it is completely implemented in Smalltalk."
 
 %{  /* STACK: 1000 */
 
@@ -2938,44 +2939,44 @@
     extern void *malloc();
 
     if (__isString(formatString)) {
-	cp = (char *)__stringVal(self);
-	if (__qClass(self) != String) {
-	    cp += __OBJS2BYTES__(__intVal(__ClassInstPtr(__qClass(self))->c_ninstvars));
-	}
+        cp = (char *)__stringVal(self);
+        if (__qClass(self) != String) {
+            cp += __OBJS2BYTES__(__intVal(__ClassInstPtr(__qClass(self))->c_ninstvars));
+        }
 again:
-	/*
-	 * actually only needed on sparc: since thisContext is
-	 * in a global register, which gets destroyed by printf,
-	 * manually save it here - very stupid ...
-	 */
-	__BEGIN_PROTECT_REGISTERS__
-
-	len = snprintf(buf, bufsize, (char *)__stringVal(formatString), cp);
-
-	__END_PROTECT_REGISTERS__
-
-	if ((len < 0) || (len > bufsize)) {
-	    if (len < 0) {
-		bufsize = bufsize * 2;
-	    } else {
-		bufsize = len + 1;
-	    }
-	    if (mallocbuf)
-		free(mallocbuf);
-	    buf = mallocbuf = malloc(bufsize);
-	    if (buf == NULL)
-		goto fail;
-	    goto again;
-	}
-
-	s = __MKSTRING_L(buf, len);
-
-	if (mallocbuf)
-	    free(mallocbuf);
-
-	if (s != nil) {
-	    RETURN (s);
-	}
+        /*
+         * actually only needed on sparc: since thisContext is
+         * in a global register, which gets destroyed by printf,
+         * manually save it here - very stupid ...
+         */
+        __BEGIN_PROTECT_REGISTERS__
+
+        len = snprintf(buf, bufsize, (char *)__stringVal(formatString), cp);
+
+        __END_PROTECT_REGISTERS__
+
+        if ((len < 0) || (len > bufsize)) {
+            if (len < 0) {
+                bufsize = bufsize * 2;
+            } else {
+                bufsize = len + 1;
+            }
+            if (mallocbuf)
+                free(mallocbuf);
+            buf = mallocbuf = malloc(bufsize);
+            if (buf == NULL)
+                goto fail;
+            goto again;
+        }
+
+        s = __MKSTRING_L(buf, len);
+
+        if (mallocbuf)
+            free(mallocbuf);
+
+        if (s != nil) {
+            RETURN (s);
+        }
     }
 fail:;
 %}.
@@ -3011,6 +3012,7 @@
     ^ self basicStoreString.
 ! !
 
+
 !String methodsFor:'queries'!
 
 basicSize
@@ -3187,7 +3189,6 @@
     ^ super reverse
 ! !
 
-
 !String methodsFor:'substring searching'!
 
 indexOfSubCollection:aSubString startingAt:startIndex ifAbsent:exceptionValue caseSensitive:caseSensitive
@@ -3652,5 +3653,5 @@
 !String class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/String.st,v 1.262 2009-09-08 17:06:58 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/String.st,v 1.263 2009-09-14 21:55:54 cg Exp $'
 ! !