On Nov 16, 2023, at 4:22 PM, McGrath, Justin M <jmcgrath@illinois.edu> wrote:

Hi Matt,
In ODEINT it's called in max_step_checker.hpp.

```
const int m_max_steps;
...
char error_msg[200];
std::sprintf(error_msg, "Max number of iterations exceeded (%d).", m_max_steps);
...
char error_msg[200];
std::sprintf(error_msg, "Max number of iterations exceeded (%d).", m_max_steps);

```

It looks to me that neither of these uses could possibly overflow, but for whatever reason people have latched onto the idea that sprintf should never be used.

Cheers,
Justin