Date: 12 May 2001 16:59:41 +0200 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG> To: dan@BSDpro.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding a new function to libc Message-ID: <5ld79efw9u.fsf@assaris.sics.se> In-Reply-To: Daniel Hemmerich's message of "Sat, 12 May 2001 02:10:45 -0400" References: <01051202104500.95296@blackhole.BSDpro.com>
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Daniel Hemmerich <dan@BSDpro.com> writes:
> Any comments, suggestions, swears concerning adding a new function,
> strndup(), to libc?
See src/crypto/heimdal/lib/roken/strndup.c :-)
> char *
> strndup(str, max_len)
> const char *str;
> size_t max_len;
> {
> size_t len;
> char *copy;
>
> len = strlen(str) + 1;
> if (len > max_len)
> len = max_len;
> if ((copy = malloc(len)) == NULL)
> return (NULL);
> memcpy(copy, str, len);
> return (copy);
> }
Doesn't work for a non-terminated str and doesn't 0-terminate the
return string when str is too long.
/assar
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