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Re: [PATCH v3] Implement strlcpy [BZ #178]
- From: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 23:01:25 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Implement strlcpy [BZ #178]
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On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 01:11:04PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I still concur with Paul that we should not have this API in libc.
I think we're in agreement that it's not a "good API", but nonetheless
I see strong reasons for including them and no non-ideological reasons
not to. These have been covered in detail before so I won't repeat
them again unless you really want me to. Do you disagree with my
reasoning here?
Rich