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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: How to copy a string safely and efficiently in C?
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 15/09/16 23:53, Keith Thompson wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> C90 required external names to be unique in the first 6 characters,
>> possibly ignoring case.  The C90 standard library had several
>> functions whose names are longer than 6 characters; vprintf, at 8
>> characters, is the longest I found in a quick search.
>
> I make it 7. Did you mean vfprintf?
>
> <snip>

Yes.  (And that 'f' at the end means I can't even claim that my
'f' key is broken.)

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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