Re: Buffer overflows

From: Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
Date: Sep 2, 2007, 17:39 UTC
Message-ID: <46DAF550.70300@etek.chalmers.se>
In-Reply-To: <46DAF039.2000208@lsrfire.ath.cx>

René Scharfe wrote:

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> And don't forget that we have our very own string library, viz.
> strbuf.c, which could see more use.
> 
> That said, I agree that bstring looks well thought out.  It's also quite
> large (lots of functions, lots of code where a bug might lurk).  Hmm.
> 
> Now if only someone could demonstrate the advantages of using bstring in
> git by posting a nice patch.. :-P
> 
> René

I'm currently working on rewriting builtin-mailinfo.c to use bstring. I'll hopefully have a proof-of-concept ready today or tomorrow.

/Lukas