Re: CVS commit: basesrc

[Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek%ics.muni.cz@localhost>]

Luke Mewburn wrote:
> 
> Module Name:  basesrc
> Committed By: lukem
> Date:         Wed Sep  8 22:56:57 UTC 1999
> 
> Modified Files:
>       basesrc/lib/libc/string: Makefile.inc strlcat.c strlcpy.3 strlcpy.c
> 
> Log Message:
> add netbsd rcsid's
> update for knf (return value on separate line to function name...)
> check dst and src aren't null pointers before trying to use them
> enable strlcat/strlcpy

Please DO NOT check the dst and src whether they are null. Feedeing
NULL pointer to it is a programming error and I strongly prefer
sigsegving immedially than running into some other problem later.
Lack of NULL check in libc routines helped me many times to uncover
the real problem.

Jaromir
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