diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f120f3a20..26a2ba5c9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2009-12-31 Holger Vogt
+ * measure.c, resource.c, mesaload.c: small updates by R. Larice
+
 2009-12-30 Holger Vogt
  * gnuplot.c: some additions
  
diff --git a/src/frontend/measure.c b/src/frontend/measure.c
index 39b6707f6..a7b12a1bb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/measure.c
+++ b/src/frontend/measure.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ com_meas(wordlist *wl) {
                d = vec_get(vec_found);
                if (d) {
                   /* get its value */
-                  sprintf(newval, "%e\0", d->v_realdata[0]);
+                  sprintf(newval, "%e", d->v_realdata[0]);
                   tfree(vec_found);
                   wl_index->wl_word = copy(newval);
                }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ com_meas(wordlist *wl) {
                d = vec_get(vec_found);
                if (d) {
                   *equal_ptr = '\0';
-                  sprintf(newval, "%s=%e\0", token, d->v_realdata[0]);
+                  sprintf(newval, "%s=%e", token, d->v_realdata[0]);
 //               memory leak with first part of vec_found ?
                   tfree(token);
                   wl_index->wl_word = copy(newval);
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ com_meas(wordlist *wl) {
       return;
    }
 
-   sprintf(newvec, "%s = %e\0", outvar, result);
+   sprintf(newvec, "%s = %e", outvar, result);
    wl_let = alloc(struct wordlist);
    wl_let->wl_next = NULL;
    wl_let->wl_word = copy(newvec);
diff --git a/src/frontend/resource.c b/src/frontend/resource.c
index bf9134946..4057e3206 100644
--- a/src/frontend/resource.c
+++ b/src/frontend/resource.c
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ printres(char *name)
 
 #  ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
         int ret;
-        struct rusage ruse = {{NULL, NULL}};
+        struct rusage ruse;
+        memset(&ruse, 0, sizeof(ruse));
         ret = getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ruse);
         if(ret == -1) {
           perror("getrusage(): ");
@@ -386,7 +387,8 @@ printres(char *name)
     if (!name || eq(name, "faults")) {
 #ifdef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
         int ret;
-        struct rusage ruse = {{NULL, NULL}};
+        struct rusage ruse;
+        memset(&ruse, 0, sizeof(ruse));
         ret = getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &ruse);
         if(ret == -1) {
           perror("getrusage(): ");
diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/mesa/mesaload.c b/src/spicelib/devices/mesa/mesaload.c
index c9b23478c..75e479be2 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/mesa/mesaload.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/mesa/mesaload.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static void mesa3(MESAmodel *model, MESAinstance *here, double vgs,
   {
   char buf[256];
   void far pascal OutputDebugString(char*);
-  sprintf(buf,"\n%f\t%e\0",vgs,cgc);
+  sprintf(buf,"\n%f\t%e",vgs,cgc);
   OutputDebugString(buf);  
   }
 */