cpp token_buffer not being NULL terminated causes fixproto bugs

Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
Fri Apr 28 13:13:00 GMT 2000


 > From: Jason Merrill <jason@cygnus.com>
 > 
 > Why aren't we NULL-terminating names anymore?  I specifically didn't
 > change that because of code that wants to use strcmp.  Using strncmp
 > is wrong for these cases, since the test will also match, say,
 > "inlineasnotehu!!".

Zack will have to explain the reasons for the change since I don't
have the details, and he can comment on your suggestion below.  BTW,
this was done in:  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-04/msg00662.html



 > It might be appropriate to write a new macro which would test the
 > length of the token, do a strncmp and then test that the next
 > character in the other string is NULL.
 > Jason
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