If a user wants to parse integers etc. from a string, the function snprintf and family is often applied. It is a neatly simple function. This article seems to invent a problem rather than an organic one.
The article argues that there is no easy way to detect whether the parsing finished successfully. As a consequence, the C standard library is unsafe when used normally.
It's interesting how beginners are encouraged to use various string functions which are not safe to use with external input.
