Re: null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:39 AM, Taylor R Campbell > wrote: > > `C string' is ambiguous because there are also char arrays that > function as strings but which are not guaranteed to be NUL-terminated, > as strncpy is intended for. A non-terminated char array is not a C-string. The term

Re: null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:09 AM, Warner Losh wrote: > > Since all the 'C' standards[*] use "null-terminated" and "null character", > it's likely best to use that terminology because there is a source of truth > for its definition in case of ambiguity or doubt. Ah, but you're giving up the

Re: null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 9:53 AM Roland Illig wrote: > Am 24.03.2022 um 02:55 schrieb David H. Gutteridge: > > Module Name: src > > Committed By: gutteridge > > Date: Thu Mar 24 01:55:15 UTC 2022 > > > > Modified Files: > > src/lib/libc/gen: popen.3 > > > > Log Message: > >

Re: null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 16:53:19 +0100 > From: Roland Illig > > The term "null-terminated string" is quite common when talking about C. > In contrast, the word "nul" in "nul-terminated" always reminds me of > the character abbreviation in ASCII, which has a narrower scope than C. > I prefer

Re: null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

> On Mar 26, 2022, at 9:17 AM, Martin Husemann wrote: > When talking about it I prefer "zero terminated", or C-string, in > contrast to C++ std::string (which are objects) or Pascal strings > (which have an explicit length at the beginning). Yes, I also prefer the term “C-string" -- thorpej

Re: null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 04:53:19PM +0100, Roland Illig wrote: > The term "null-terminated string" is quite common when talking about C. NULL terminated lists/array are quite common, but NULL is a pointer and the string is terminated by a 0 char (sometimes spelled as \0 in a string literal, but

null-terminated vs. nul-terminated (was: Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen)

Am 24.03.2022 um 02:55 schrieb David H. Gutteridge: Module Name:src Committed By: gutteridge Date: Thu Mar 24 01:55:15 UTC 2022 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: popen.3 Log Message: popen.3: minor spelling, grammar, style, and xref tweaks To generate a diff of this

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:51:04PM +, David A. Holland wrote: > Also, Someone(TM) should check if POSIX permits this or if we ought to > improve the implementation. Unsurprisingly, POSIX is silent. It just says "rewinddir shall also cause the directory stream to refer to the current state

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On 03.02.2020 17:24, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > On 03.02.2020 17:21, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 03:38:46PM +, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: >>> Module Name:src >>> Committed By: kamil >>> Date: Sat Feb 1 15:38:46 UTC 2020 >>> >>> Modified Files:

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On 03.02.2020 17:21, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 03:38:46PM +, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: >> Module Name: src >> Committed By:kamil >> Date:Sat Feb 1 15:38:46 UTC 2020 >> >> Modified Files: >> src/lib/libc/gen: pthread_atfork.c >> >> Log

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Sat, Feb 01, 2020 at 03:38:46PM +, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > Module Name: src > Committed By: kamil > Date: Sat Feb 1 15:38:46 UTC 2020 > > Modified Files: > src/lib/libc/gen: pthread_atfork.c > > Log Message: > Switch atform allocations from malloc()+free() to

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen (vax mentions moved to CAVEATs)

On 27.09.2017 11:23, m...@netbsd.org wrote: > On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 09:04:30AM +, Maya Rashish wrote: >> Module Name: src >> Committed By:maya >> Date:Wed Sep 27 09:04:30 UTC 2017 >> >> Modified Files: >> src/lib/libc/gen: isinf.3 >> >> Log Message: >> Move VAX

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen (vax mentions moved to CAVEATs)

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 09:04:30AM +, Maya Rashish wrote: > Module Name: src > Committed By: maya > Date: Wed Sep 27 09:04:30 UTC 2017 > > Modified Files: > src/lib/libc/gen: isinf.3 > > Log Message: > Move VAX notes to CAVEATS, clarify that it just returns zero > > The VAX

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

Date:Sat, 9 Sep 2017 18:00:40 + From:"Kamil Rytarowski" Message-ID: <20170909180040.222c2f...@cvs.netbsd.org> | Not that devname(3) does not set errno on failure and document it as a bug. Not everything in libc is expected to set errno on

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 12:04:02PM +, co...@sdf.org wrote: > ASan is wrong about where the problem happens, This can be dealt with -fno-omit-frame-pointer.

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 05:37:49PM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote: > Module Name: src > Committed By: christos > Date: Sun Feb 12 22:37:49 UTC 2017 > > Modified Files: > src/lib/libc/gen: vis.c > > Log Message: > fix off-by-one, found by asan. > It fails in another case, attached

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 10:01:08AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Sat May 23 14:01:08 UTC 2015 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: vis.c Log Message: Grr need to deal with isgraph(3). Is there a better way? Non-compat case

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

In article 20141126164843.5cdd...@cvs.netbsd.org, Christos Zoulas source-changes-d@NetBSD.org wrote: -=-=-=-=-=- Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Wed Nov 26 16:48:43 UTC 2014 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: opendir.c Log Message: - Use O_DIRECTORY to open the

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Roy Marples wrote: Log Message: Remove \$ as a hidden marker as vis(3) wasn't setting it and it clobbered VIS_SHELL | VIS_CSTYLE. This is wrong. vis -l outputs \$, and with this change, unvis won't correctly handle it. unvis is not intended to reverse shell-style

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Saturday 27 Sep 2014 11:04:09 Alan Barrett wrote: On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Roy Marples wrote: Log Message: Remove \$ as a hidden marker as vis(3) wasn't setting it and it clobbered VIS_SHELL | VIS_CSTYLE. This is wrong. vis -l outputs \$, and with this change, unvis won't correctly

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Roy Marples wrote: Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: unvis.c Log Message: Remove \$ as a hidden marker as vis(3) wasn't setting it and it clobbered VIS_SHELL | VIS_CSTYLE. This is wrong. vis -l outputs \$, and with this change, unvis won't correctly handle it.

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On 2014-09-26 15:09, Alan Barrett wrote: On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Roy Marples wrote: Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: unvis.c Log Message: Remove \$ as a hidden marker as vis(3) wasn't setting it and it clobbered VIS_SHELL | VIS_CSTYLE. This is wrong. vis -l outputs \$, and with this

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 12:42:09PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Mon Sep 8 16:42:09 UTC 2014 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: vis.c Log Message: PR/49185: Conrad Meyer: strvisx: Handle zero-length input strings gracefully.

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 01:35:01PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Mon Sep 8 17:35:01 UTC 2014 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: vis.c Log Message: get rid of MB_STRZ as suggested by joerg. Thanks. Can the NULL pointer case

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

In article 20140908174838.ga25...@britannica.bec.de, Joerg Sonnenberger jo...@britannica.bec.de wrote: On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 01:35:01PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: Module Name: src Committed By:christos Date:Mon Sep 8 17:35:01 UTC 2014 Modified Files:

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 07:56:17PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Thu Oct 17 23:56:17 UTC 2013 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: arc4random.c Log Message: remove always inline because new gcc bitches. In that function isn't

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Havard Eidnes wrote: Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: modf_ieee754.c Log Message: Add a pair of casts to silence lint about conversion possibly losing bits. - v.dblu_dbl.dbl_fracl = frac 0x; - v.dblu_dbl.dbl_frach = frac 32; +

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:28:32AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Wed Mar 21 14:28:32 UTC 2012 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: setmode.c Log Message: fix argument order. Matt should have used my sed script ...

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 03:47:04AM +, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: erh Date: Tue Mar 15 03:47:04 UTC 2011 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: Makefile.inc Added Files: src/lib/libc/gen: commaize_number.3 commaize_number.c Log Message:

re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

Module Name: src Committed By: erh Date: Tue Mar 15 03:47:04 UTC 2011 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: Makefile.inc Added Files: src/lib/libc/gen: commaize_number.3 commaize_number.c Log Message: PR#7540, add a commaize_number function, which inserts comma into

re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:26:05AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 03:47:04AM +, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: erh Date: Tue Mar 15 03:47:04 UTC 2011 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: Makefile.inc

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:26:05PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:26:05AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 03:47:04AM +, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: Module Name: src Committed By: erh Date: Tue Mar 15 03:47:04

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

Is it locale-aware? Will it always insert a comma, or can it be conditioned to insert a period if the locale so indicates? On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: Module Name:src Committed By: erh Date: Tue Mar 15 03:47:04 UTC 2011 Modified Files:

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

Hmmm, guess I should have waited for the commit to ls, where it does indicate locale-awareness. Thanks! On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Paul Goyette wrote: Is it locale-aware? Will it always insert a comma, or can it be conditioned to insert a period if the locale so indicates? On Tue, 15 Mar 2011,

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 07:40:45AM +, matthew green wrote: src/lib/libc/gen: unvis.c Log Message: cast ~0 to (size_t) when passing to a size_t taking function. fixes lint build errors. Is that right? My C promotion rules are getting rusty... ~0 is of type 'int', 'size_t' is an

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

David Laight da...@l8s.co.uk writes: On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 07:40:45AM +, matthew green wrote: src/lib/libc/gen: unvis.c Log Message: cast ~0 to (size_t) when passing to a size_t taking function. fixes lint build errors. Is that right? My C promotion rules are getting rusty...

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

Module Name: src Committed By: christos Date: Thu Jan 20 02:57:00 UTC 2011 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: getcwd.c Log Message: provide a _sys_getcwd() entry like all the rest of the system calls to be used by SSP. To generate a diff of this commit: cvs rdiff -u

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

In article 20110215.215643.260798087.nakay...@leto.eonet.ne.jp, NAKAJIMA Yoshihiro nakay...@leto.eonet.ne.jp wrote: Module Name: src Committed By:christos Date:Thu Jan 20 02:57:00 UTC 2011 Modified Files: src/lib/libc/gen: getcwd.c Log Message: provide a

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 09:27:32PM +, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: Log Message: Wrap sys_errlist constants in a macro to make it easier to extract the strings reliably with sed/awk. Why two layers of parentheses? Also, if we're going to be extracting strings anyway, errlist.c and whatever

Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc/gen

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 08:34:25AM +, David Holland wrote: On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 09:27:32PM +, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: Log Message: Wrap sys_errlist constants in a macro to make it easier to extract the strings reliably with sed/awk. Why two layers of parentheses? In case