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strlcpystrlcpyPosted Jun 12, 2003 7:12 UTC (Thu) by bgilbert (subscriber, #4738)In reply to: strlcpy by ncm Parent article: strlcpy
> Second, if told it has a zero-length buffer, it doesn't even If told it has a zero-length buffer, where is it supposed to put the null? Yes, the zero length probably indicates a bug of some sort, but you seem to be proposing that the function should deliberately write past the end of the buffer in this case. That seems rather counterproductive.
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strlcpy Posted Jun 13, 2003 0:14 UTC (Fri) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] "you seem to be proposing that the function should deliberately write past the end of the buffer in this case"I see that you stopped reading at that point. Pray read on. Programming errors shouldn't silently be worked around, they should result in a lot of noise, smoke, and flame.
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