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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:48:17 -0700
From:      "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
To:        "Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Alexey Zelkin <alexey.zelkin@ionidea.com>, audit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CFR: strncpy -> strlcpy in setlocale() 
Message-ID:  <200201242148.g0OLmHJi006634@xerxes.courtesan.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:42:30 EST." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020124164054.61343C-100000@fledge.watson.org> 
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020124164054.61343C-100000@fledge.watson.org> 

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In message <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020124164054.61343C-100000@fledge.watson.org>
	so spake "Andrew R. Reiter" (arr):

> I know strlcpy() makes more sense than strncpy(), but is there any
> difference in terms of speed?  This being said, if strlcpy() is slower and
> the strncpy() usage is correct, is there really a need for a change?  I
> guess readability and possible future mistakes in usage are a bonus for
> strlcpy.

strlcpy() is generally faster since strncpy() does NUL fill and so
will also write "len" bytes even when the source string is much
smaller.

 - todd

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