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-1 You can't make such assumptions in correct code.

James Kanze
– James Kanze

2011-12-09 17:10:36 +00:00
Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 17:10
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@JamesKanze, I was implying this as a responsibility of the OP.

hmjd
– hmjd

2011-12-09 17:12:50 +00:00
Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 17:12
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@JamesKanze: Yes you can. Since the caller was the one who passed in both the pointer and the string, it is certainly his responsibility to make sure the length of the string does not exceed the size of the buffer.

Benjamin Lindley
– Benjamin Lindley

2011-12-09 17:17:34 +00:00
Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 17:17
@BenjaminLindley In which case, there's no point in having the function, since the caller has to do more work than is done in the function.

James Kanze
– James Kanze

2011-12-09 17:27:46 +00:00
Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 17:27

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