Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 09:35:13 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: hch@infradead.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: `Hiding' libc symbols Message-ID: <20030508.093513.17267435.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030507143611.A23293@infradead.org> References: <20030506162352.GC78486@madman.celabo.org> <20030507093240.GA15754@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030507143611.A23293@infradead.org>
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> writes:
: On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 02:32:40AM -0700, David Schultz wrote:
: > > strlcpy(struct string *a, struct string *b)
: > > {
: > > if (a->size == 0) {
: > > b->size = 0;
: > > return;
: > > }
: > > /* really copy the string */
: > > }
: >
: > Hmm...but that program is broken. If someone overrides a symbol
: > reserved by the C standard, he deserves whatever he gets. It is
: > not unreasonable to expect applications to avoid using reserved
: > symbols for thier own purposes.
:
: strlcpy is not in any standard..
str* symbols are reserved to the implementation symbols. Any program
that defines them is non-conforming to the standard.
Geeze people, can't you read the whole thread before posting the same
old crap?
Warner
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