Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:44:09 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no>, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: the need for safe dynamic string libraries (was Re: svn commit: r200157 - head/bin/date) Message-ID: <20091207124409.GI64905@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <42578.1260189623@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20091207122256.GC64431@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <42578.1260189623@critter.freebsd.dk>
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--2yBc15QyH7gGExp9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > It can be argued that we should just dump everything in libc, but > first, that would impair portability from FreeBSD, and second, it > would be just plain sloppy... And would more likely cause namespace issues. Functions like login(3) and logout(3) really fill up the namespace. --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --2yBc15QyH7gGExp9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAksc+JkACgkQ52SDGA2eCwW5QwCeORVyxHM+1G7F8VedfGsQ/KjS OvUAn2/y7TJBC2ZB6t4TS5sLR7/TLwRr =8Svc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2yBc15QyH7gGExp9--
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