memcpy(p,p,len)

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 16:08:15 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se> wrote:
> Is memcpy supposed to work when the src and dest are the same:
> memcpy(p, p, 100);

It may work, but you cannot rely on it. Use memmove() alternatively.

MfG, JBG

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