On 24/02/2019 16:21, R.Wieser wrote:
> (too many newsgroups, had to snip a few)
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> Richard,
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>> Indeed, although I'd cache the length rather than make the compiler find
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> :-) And thats exactly the kind of thing you should try to avoid.
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> In this simple example it will work, but you're /still/ trying to write a
> full buffers worth - when you should leave that last character untouched,
> just in case.
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> Ofcourse, I would rather check the length of the to-be-copied string and
> throw an error when it doesn't fit, but maybe thats just me ... (Just
> imagine you're copying some kind of commandline string, with a few argument
> switches at the end).
>
That is an option if you know roughly what SHOULD be there.

> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
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