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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>
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Subject: Re: /usr/include/sys/types.h FD_ZERO/FD_COPY macros
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It really doesn't matter since they're hidden behind the macro anyway.
BTW, have you looked at the source for bc

On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

> The macro's use bzero/bcopy... currently:
> 
> #define FD_COPY(f, t)   bcopy(f, t, sizeof(*(f))) 
> #define FD_ZERO(p)      bzero(p, sizeof(*(p)))
> 
> Should probably be (in order to be more standard):
> 
> #define FD_COPY(f, t)   memcpy(t, f, sizeof(*(f))) 
> #define FD_ZERO(p)      memset(p, 0, sizeof(*(p)))
> 
> Unless I'm mistaken?  (for more info on the FD_* look at 'man select')
> 
> -Brandon Gillespie
> 

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