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SubjectRe: optimalisation for strlcpy (lib/string.c)
Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> Like the other patch (by that other person), I think it is faster to not
> do a strlen first.

Debatable. You've replaced a call to the highly-optimized memcpy function
with a byte-by-byte copy. It's probably a wash performance wise (have you
benchmarked?) and is certainly less clear.

-Mitch
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