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Re: [PATCH] banned.h: mark strncat() as banned

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2019, 18:00 UTC
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On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 4:38 AM Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
>
> strncat() has the same quadratic behavior as strcat() and is
> difficult-to-read and bug-prone.  While it hasn't yet been a
> problem in git iself, strncat() found it's way into 'master'
s/iself/itself/
> of cgit and caused segfaults on my system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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  1. banned.h: mark strncat() as bannedEric Wong, Jan 2, 2019
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