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A purist would support removing strcpy, etc... but that wouldn't go well, so adding an improvement is acceptable.
by silon42 3y ago
A purist would support removing strcpy, etc... but that wouldn't go well, so adding an improvement is acceptable.
- masklinn 3y ago> A purist would support removing strcpy, etc... That is very much Drepper’s position: > Correct string handling means that you always know how long your strings are and therefore you can you memcpy (instead of strcpy). > Beside, those who are using strcat or variants deserved to be punished.
- Gibbon1 3y agoThey should have added a warning for strcpy 20 years ago and shipped the compiler with it default enabled.