On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:48:29PM +1100, jasonk wrote: > > What if the string length is negative? (and yes, I've seen a C > strlen() > > return a negative value, when another thread trashed the stack and > > corrupted > > the return value). > > Even better, and sticking with the whole *point* of the idea: what if > the string length is NOT between 1 and some defined normal maximum? > What if it contains letters other than a-z & A-Z? The length is an integer value, it doesn't contain letters nor numbers, it's not a string, just a value. > Isn't this the whole point of the exercise? Catch everything you need > and drop the rest .. And check everything you do catch. Regards, Luciano Rocha -- Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
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