--- parser3/src/main/pa_common.C	2003/12/25 07:31:13	1.171
+++ parser3/src/main/pa_common.C	2004/02/11 15:33:15	1.174
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /** @file
 	Parser: commonly functions.
 
-	Copyright(c) 2001-2003 ArtLebedev Group (http://www.artlebedev.com)
+	Copyright(c) 2001-2004 ArtLebedev Group (http://www.artlebedev.com)
 	Author: Alexandr Petrosian <paf@design.ru> (http://paf.design.ru)
 */
 
-static const char * const IDENT_COMMON_C="$Date: 2003/12/25 07:31:13 $"; 
+static const char * const IDENT_COMMON_C="$Date: 2004/02/11 15:33:15 $"; 
 
 #include "pa_common.h"
 #include "pa_exception.h"
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int http_read_response(char*& res
 	else
 		throw Exception("http.response",
 			0,
-			"bad response from host - no status found (size=%lu)", response_size); 
+			"bad response from host - no status found (size=%u)", response_size); 
 }
 
 /* ********************** request *************************** */
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void file_read_action(
 		if(ssize_t(*info.data_size)<0 || *info.data_size>to_read_size)
 			throw Exception(0, 
 				&file_spec, 
-				"read failed: actually read %l bytes count not in [0..%lu] valid range", 
+				"read failed: actually read %u bytes count not in [0..%u] valid range", 
 					*info.data_size, to_read_size); 
 	} else { // empty file
 		if(as_text) {
@@ -1061,6 +1061,11 @@ int __vsnprintf(char* b, size_t s, const
 	// note: on win32& maybe somewhere else
 	// vsnprintf do not writes terminating 0 in 'buffer full' case, reducing
 	--s;
+
+	// clients do not check for negative 's', feature: ignore such prints
+	if((ssize_t)s<0)
+		return 0;
+
 #if _MSC_VER
 	/*
 	win32: