Re: [PATCH v3] lib/string.c: implement stpcpy

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On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 01:49 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> I do not have time to keep track of the discussion fully,
> but could you give me a little more context why
> the usage of stpcpy() is not recommended ?
> 
> The implementation of strcpy() is almost the same.
> It is unclear to me what makes stpcpy() unsafe..

It's the same thing that makes strcpy unsafe:

Unchecked buffer lengths with no guarantee src is terminated.






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