Index: generic/nsfUtil.c
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r16a02881bff0a0d626d0045dfd96660338d0c314 -ra3fe572962b18a64af8551b93a163d8346634e75
--- generic/nsfUtil.c	(.../nsfUtil.c)	(revision 16a02881bff0a0d626d0045dfd96660338d0c314)
+++ generic/nsfUtil.c	(.../nsfUtil.c)	(revision a3fe572962b18a64af8551b93a163d8346634e75)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
  * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
  * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
- * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  *
  */
 
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@
 Nsf_ltoa(char *buf, long i, int *lengthPtr) {
   int nr_written, negative;
   char tmp[LONG_AS_STRING], *pointer = &tmp[1], *string, *p;
-  *tmp = 0;
 
   nonnull_assert(buf != NULL);
   nonnull_assert(lengthPtr != NULL);
 
+  tmp[0] = 0;
+
   if (i < 0) {
     i = -i;
     negative = nr_written = 1;