Add a warning message about PyOS_snprintf #95993
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The top google result for "determine sprintf buffer size" is https://stackoverflow.com/a/3923207/102441, which advocates code along the lines of
Unfortunately, this does not work for
PyOS_snprintf, as it includes anassertto ensure the arguments are notNULLand0.This PR simply documents this limitation.