"Paul D. Smith" <psmith@xxxxxxx> writes: > Are there any such functions in GLIB or similar? Do people know of > similar functions in other OS's etc.? If not, and I wanted to think > about creating some, what kind of naming convention would be > appropriate? I thought of strp*() but I don't know. I don't know of any such functions, though they sound like nice ones to have. I wouldn't use strp*, since that prefix is already used for strpbrk and strptime, not to mention glibc strpcpy. Nor strl*, since it's used for OpenBSD strlcpy and strlcat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strlcpy>. Nor stre*, since it's used for Plan 9 strecpy <http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/plan9/sys/src/libc/port/strecpy.c>. In fact, come to think of it, I wouldn't use str* at all, since the functions you're talking about work on arbitrary memory buffers that can contain internal NULs. How about "meme*", for "memory with end pointer"? (I think the "e" in Plan 9 "strecpy" also means "end pointer".) E.g., char *memechr(const char *str, const char *endp, int c); And while you're at it, why not fix the type of the last arg, since you're not assuming K&R compatibility any more? char *memechr(const char *str, const char *endp, char c); _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
