Re: select patch

"Bernhard R. Link" <brl+list+ratpoison-tMjbXhWPBpZe3whaEGCN/[email protected]> Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:47:33 +0200

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* Jeff Abrahamson <[email protected]> [140618 20:52]:
>    - Using raw strcmp() isn't a very good idea -- if one of the strings is
>    not null-terminated, you introduce a subtle bug.  Prefer instead strncmp()
>    and strnlen().  This requires defining some reasonable upper limit on
>    window names, of course.

I have to disagree quite vehemently here. Either things are
null-terminated or they are not.
If they are then introducing a limit where there is not can only
produce bugs (subtle and non-subtle).
If they are not then most of the time things starting with str* are
usually the wrong tools anyway.

	Bernhard R. Link
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