>> On 2014-06-17 09.34, Jeremiah Mahler wrote: >>> Also, strnncmp() was switched from using memcmp() to strncmp() >>> internally to make it clear that this is meant for strings, not >>> general buffers. Why shouldn't I want to use this helper on arbitrary data? One of the advantages of other helpers in git that take a pointer and a length (e.g., the strbuf library) are that they are 8-bit clean and can work on binary data when it's useful. Thanks, Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html