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If I proposed a new strxyzcpy function that only null-terminated the string when the length was not a prime number and that wiped your hard drive if the destina

If I proposed a new strxyzcpy function that only null-terminated the string when the length was not a prime number and that wiped your hard drive if the destination string, before the copy, contained the sequence 'xyz' in ascii I would be very afraid someone in the C committee would think it would be a nice idea to add it.

xigoi 2y ago
Don’t forget than if it’s invoked at the 38th second of a minute, the behavior is undefined.
- hansvm 2y ago
  Oh, are those 0-indexed seconds or 1-indexed?
  - xigoi 2y ago
    0-indexed if running on a Unix-like OS, 1-indexed otherwise.
    - Filligree 2y ago
      Does Linux count as Unix-like? What if it’s NixOS?
  - bluGill 2y ago
    Implementation defined.
riehwvfbk 2y ago
Does the length take locale into consideration?
- Gibbon1 2y ago
  FFS I had some code for a microcontroller break because locale.