On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 01:44:36AM +0000, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> That said if you know its constant you can also use sizeof("foo") and
> that is done at compile time. Something like:
>
> #define strxcmp(x, y) strncmp((x), (y), sizeof((y))
You would, of course, need to use sizeof(y)-1 to avoid comparing the NUL
termination. :)
This is a slightly dangerous macro, because it _only_ works for string
literals, but not pointers (which is fine in this case, but its
limitations need to be documented).
-Peff
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