[Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Small patch to pass optimization options to bootstrap builds

Hi all, This is one of the set of patches Felix sent around X-mas. It's really simple and a bit hacky, so I wasn't sure about it, but here it is anyway. This explicitly adds C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS to the recursive Make invocations when building a bootstrap chicken. The reason to add th

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 11:05:48AM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > Peter Bex scripsit: > > > Yes, that's fine. I'm tired of arguing about this, and I know I can't > > win. I prefer getting the patch in over arguing about it, and nobody > > else seems to have an opinion about this. > > I do, actually.

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

Peter Bex scripsit: > Yes, that's fine. I'm tired of arguing about this, and I know I can't > win. I prefer getting the patch in over arguing about it, and nobody > else seems to have an opinion about this. I do, actually. The trouble with this code is that it copies a byte at a time, and so ma

Re: [Chicken-hackers] pastiche db drop

As this thread is already a bit off-topic I feel compelled to add a "me too" story here as well. You know what: the whole Askemos/BALL thing we have been working on for the past decade is made that way (and I actually felt sorry when I read about the incident thinking "could not have happened

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

* Peter Bex [140203 22:30]: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:28:01PM +0100, Christian Kellermann wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I propose the following patch. It has been tested on OpenBSD and > > Linux. Should work without troubles on all other OSes as well. > > Please give it a try. > > Hi Christian,

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

On Tue, Feb 04, 2014 at 10:05:30AM +0100, Christian Kellermann wrote: > Hi Peter, > > please find my comments inline. > > * Peter Bex [140203 22:30]: > > After some reconsideration, I think this is probably a good idea. > > The big swath of OpenBSD license text for these rather small functions >

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

* Christian Kellermann [140204 10:05]: > Hi Peter, > > please find my comments inline. > > * Peter Bex [140203 22:30]: > > After some reconsideration, I think this is probably a good idea. > > The big swath of OpenBSD license text for these rather small functions > > in our chicken.h really dis

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

Hi Peter, please find my comments inline. * Peter Bex [140203 22:30]: > After some reconsideration, I think this is probably a good idea. > The big swath of OpenBSD license text for these rather small functions > in our chicken.h really disagreed with me (the license is barely smaller > than the