Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 13:22:57 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stpcpy() Message-ID: <19991029132257.A535@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <19991029111352.A87934@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <19991029111352.A87934@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, Oct 29, 1999, David O'Brien wrote: > More and more GNU (and other GPV) software is starting to use the > Linuxism known as stpcpy(). stpcpy() is effectively: > > p = strcpy(d,s); > p += strlen(d); > > I'm considering adding stpcpy() to libc. Comments? I'm seeing more and more of a need for a compat library for Linux and GNU software in general. Adding unnecessary bloat to our libc isn't necessary, in my opinion. -- |Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> |Abstraction is achieved by data hiding and enforced by encapsulation. `--------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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