Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 17:27:42 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/string strnstr.c Makefile.inc strstr.3 src/include string.h Message-ID: <200110092327.f99NRg769889@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Oct 2001 13:40:02 MDT." <15299.21138.651648.144237@nomad.yogotech.com> References: <15299.21138.651648.144237@nomad.yogotech.com> <200110090129.f991Tvs39485@freefall.freebsd.org>
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In message <15299.21138.651648.144237@nomad.yogotech.com> Nate Williams writes: : > mike 2001/10/08 18:29:56 PDT : > : > Modified files: : > lib/libc/string Makefile.inc strstr.3 : > include string.h : > Added files: : > lib/libc/string strnstr.c : > Log: : > Add a new libc function, strnstr(3), which allows one to limit the : > number of characters that are searched. This is especially useful : > with file operations and non-NUL terminated strings. : : Aren't names that start with str reserved by ANSI? Therefore, adding a : non-standard routing with this name is a violation of the C language. : : (Bruce would know more...) Actaully, str* is reserved for the implementation space. A conforming program cannot define str* routines, so this will not break any conforming program. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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