Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] lib/string.c: implement stpcpy | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:57:28 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 01:49 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > I do not have time to keep track of the discussion fully, > but could you give me a little more context why > the usage of stpcpy() is not recommended ? > > The implementation of strcpy() is almost the same. > It is unclear to me what makes stpcpy() unsafe..
It's the same thing that makes strcpy unsafe:
Unchecked buffer lengths with no guarantee src is terminated.
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