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| From | Xavier Roche <xroche@free.fr.NOSPAM.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions |
| Date | 2015-05-06 10:34 +0200 |
| Organization | Nowhere Corp. |
| Message-ID | <micjni$tjs$1@news.httrack.net> (permalink) |
| References | <michpc$2b0$1@dont-email.me> |
Le 06/05/2015 10:02, David Brown a écrit :
> Does anyone know why the return value for strcat and similar library
> functions is defined in such an unhelpful (IMHO) way?
To allow thing such as printf("foo=%s", strcat(foo, bar)) ?
My feeling is that there is no rationale behind, and this was an early historical choice. The [BSD] strlcat() function has a probably much better return value choice in this regard, IMHO.
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Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-06 10:02 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Xavier Roche <xroche@free.fr.NOSPAM.invalid> - 2015-05-06 10:34 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Lőrinczy Zsigmond <zsiga@nospam.for.me> - 2015-05-06 16:51 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-05-06 08:58 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-05-06 17:07 +0100
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-06 12:01 -0500
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-07 10:19 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-07 13:21 +0000
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-07 16:24 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-07 18:02 +0000
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-07 10:17 -0500
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-07 10:56 -0500
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-05-07 11:00 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-07 14:28 -0500
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-05-07 12:47 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Nathan Wagner <nw@hydaspes.if.org> - 2015-05-08 09:31 +0000
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-07 15:55 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-08 11:03 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-05-08 05:07 -0500
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-06 18:25 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-07 10:22 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-07 15:39 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-08 11:09 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-10 08:44 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-10 21:30 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-11 20:42 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-12 09:52 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-12 13:33 +0100
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2015-05-14 20:15 +0000
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-14 23:06 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-20 11:08 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-21 10:55 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-21 13:05 +0000
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-05-21 20:42 +0200
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-10 10:40 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-05-08 21:56 +0000
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-05-10 09:07 -0700
Re: Return value for strcat and similar functions Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-05-07 10:11 +0100
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