Re: Unanticipated test error

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On 7/21/06, Peter Eriksen <s022018@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
> Well, there are differences. Correct translation from memcpy
> to strlcpy (aside the fact with \0 inside the string) would be
> something like:
>
>  strlcpy(to, from, len + 1);
>
> assuming your example with memcpy. strlcpy expects size of
> storage, and will never write more bytes that it was allowed to.
> That'll cut off last character of the source string, unless it is
> \0-terminated before the size of storage.

I see it now.  What I did was wrong.  Appending " + 1" to every
one of my calls makes the patch survive "make test".  However,
since strlcpy() calls strlen(from), it would have to be checked,
that 'from' is always NUL terminated.  The benefits of this patch
seem to shrink.

Probably, but you still have room to balance benefits.
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