On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Sylvain Munaut <246...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> Huh ... but strcmp will stop comparing at the end of any of the two
>>> strings anyway.
>>
>> No, that's not true. If that were the case then string "abc" would be
>> equal to string "ab", and strcmp knows that th
Hi,
>> Huh ... but strcmp will stop comparing at the end of any of the two
>> strings anyway.
>
> No, that's not true. If that were the case then string "abc" would be
> equal to string "ab", and strcmp knows that they are different (I
> tested this to be sure; it returns 99, while strcmp("abc", "
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Sylvain Munaut <246...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In this case, I /know/ that string
>> b is properly terminated (because I wrote it into the code). So I use
>> the length of b to compare with a and l = strlen(b). There are other
>> ways, too, but this was the most unobtr
> In this case, I /know/ that string
> b is properly terminated (because I wrote it into the code). So I use
> the length of b to compare with a and l = strlen(b). There are other
> ways, too, but this was the most unobtrusive way to handle this case.
Huh ... but strcmp will stop comparing at the
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Marcus D. Leech
>>> wrote:
There are safe uses for unconstrained string functions. Just, well, not
very many...
--
>>>
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
There are safe uses for unconstrained string functions. Just, well, not
very many...
--
Marcus Leech
No. Never, ever, ever is it ok. I say this using a strlen call now...
(but it's a
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
> > There are safe uses for unconstrained string functions. Just, well, not
> > very many...
> >
> > --
> > Marcus Leech
>
> No. Never, ever, ever is it ok. I say this using a strlen
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Marcus D. Leech wrote:
> On 06/21/2013 12:38 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
>>
>> First, I think calling it a GUI problem was a red herring. The problem
>> was much more fundamental. I traced it down to a 'strcmp'. And I am
>> very put out with whoever used that function
First, I think calling it a GUI problem was a red herring. The problem
was much more fundamental. I traced it down to a 'strcmp'. And I am
very put out with whoever used that function in the first place.
Just testing out the solution now and should have a fix pushed shortly.
Tom
On 06/21/2013 12:38 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
First, I think calling it a GUI problem was a red herring. The problem
was much more fundamental. I traced it down to a 'strcmp'. And I am
very put out with whoever used that function in the first place.
Just testing out the solution now and should have
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