On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 01:40, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> As a result, strncpy() is hardly ever the right function to use.
> strlcpy() from OpenBSD is usually a better choice.
I don't understand the point of strlcpy() and strlcat() return value
though. Can it really be used for anything else than checking if the
value was truncated? Why not simply return -1 when it is?
if (strocpy(dest, src, sizeof(dest)) < 0) { ... }
vs.
if (strlcpy(dest, src, sizeof(dest)) >= sizeof(dest)) { ... }
Even worse if the size parameter is anything more complicated.
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