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SubjectRe: generic strncpy - off-by-one error
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes:

|> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:50:06 +0900, Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> said:
|>
|> > - while (count) {
|> > + while (count > 1) {
|>
|> Given that count is a size_t, which seems to be derived from 'unsigned int' or
|> 'unsigned long' on every platform, how are these any different?

Let's suppose count == 1.

Andreas.

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