+
+/**
+ * Format a string and place it in a buffer (base function)
+ *
+ * @param buf The buffer to place the result into
+ * @param size The size of the buffer, including the trailing null space
+ * @param fmt The format string to use
+ * @param args Arguments for the format string
+ * @return The number characters which would be generated for the given
+ * input, excluding the trailing '\0', as per ISO C99. Note that fewer
+ * characters may be written if this number of characters is >= size.
+ *
+ * This function follows C99 vsnprintf, but has some extensions:
+ * %pS output the name of a text symbol
+ * %pF output the name of a function pointer
+ * %pR output the address range in a struct resource
+ *
+ * The function returns the number of characters which would be
+ * generated for the given input, excluding the trailing '\0',
+ * as per ISO C99.
+ *
+ * Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
+ * You probably want snprintf() instead.
+ */