[PATCH v1] Remove 'restrict' from 'nptr' in strtol(3)-like functions

Xi Ruoyao xry111@xry111.site
Fri Jul 5 16:01:25 GMT 2024


On Fri, 2024-07-05 at 17:53 +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> At least, I hope there's consensus that while current GCC doesn't warn
> about this, ideally it should, which means it should warn for valid uses
> of strtol(3), which means strtol(3) should be fixed, in all of ISO,
> POSIX, and glibc.

It **shouldn't**.  strtol will only violate restrict if it's wrongly
implemented, or something dumb is done like "strtol((const char*) &p,
&p, 0)".

See my previous reply.

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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University


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