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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: fseek under IBM MVS |
| Date | 2014-12-18 11:03 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnbnn0dbm9.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <f04dfd77-aa90-4604-bd6b-c81fc3861e05@googlegroups.com> <549212fb.25673218@news.xs4all.nl> <ln1tnxes0a.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <5492c2fc.401187@news.xs4all.nl> <54930469.3010102@verizon.net> |
James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
> On 12/18/2014 07:06 AM, Richard Bos wrote:
>> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>>> raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
>>> [...]
>>>> My problem is simply with depending on the wrong method when there is a
>>>> better one already available. It's similar to why I don't understand why
>>>> anyone would use strcpy() when they can do the same thing better, more
>>>> efficiently, and usually more reliably, with strcat(): even if the
>>>> difference is marginal, the cost is zero.
>>>
>>> How is strcat() an improvement over strcpy()?
>>
>> Sorry, typo/braino. I meant strncpy() and strncat().
>
> That makes more sense, though my own preferences differ. In most
> contexts in my code where I might need either one or the other of those,
> I already know the starting place for inserting new characters, and I
> need the unused portion of the array to be nulled out. Every appearance
> of strncat() in code that I am currently responsible for was due to it
> being originally written by someone else.
Then you must be one of the few people who use strncpy() correctly.
Most uses of it that I've seen are by people who incorrectly assume that
it's a safer version of strcpy() in the same way that strncat() is a
safer version of strcat().
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-14 22:16 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-15 01:12 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-15 09:13 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-15 09:22 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-12-15 16:26 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 09:58 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-12-17 11:29 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-12-15 10:35 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-15 21:33 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-15 23:45 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2014-12-15 17:56 -0500
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-12-15 23:05 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-12-15 23:19 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-15 16:36 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2014-12-15 20:42 -0500
Re: fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-16 01:00 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-16 01:09 +0000
Re: (OT) fseek under IBM MVS Vincenzo Mercuri <nomail@yahoo.it> - 2014-12-16 09:11 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 10:06 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-17 11:33 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 08:48 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 17:26 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-17 19:46 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-17 19:28 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2014-12-17 21:38 +0100
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Richard Heathfield <invalid@see.sig.invalid> - 2014-12-17 21:05 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-18 11:37 +1300
Re: fseek under IBM MVS John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 12:43 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2014-12-19 08:35 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-12-19 16:51 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-19 16:36 -0600
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 10:05 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-17 09:05 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 17:29 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 12:55 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2014-12-17 15:02 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-17 23:37 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-17 16:11 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-18 12:06 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-18 11:44 -0500
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-18 11:03 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-12-19 11:31 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 08:03 -0500
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-19 08:08 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-12-19 11:30 -0500
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-17 15:56 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-21 21:37 +1300
Re: fseek under IBM MVS glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2014-12-17 21:59 +0000
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-12-17 14:33 -0800
Re: fseek under IBM MVS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2014-12-18 16:06 -0600
Re: fseek under IBM MVS Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-12-17 04:20 -0800
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