From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bugzilla-daemon-590EEB7GvNiWaY/ihj7yzEB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org Subject: [Bug 42042] strchr(3) and memchr(3) should explain behaviour when character 'c' is '\0'. Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:36:57 GMT Message-ID: <201204232036.q3NKavrf000617@bugzilla.kernel.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42042 --- Comment #7 from Michael Kerrisk 2012-04-23 20:36:56 --- James, Regarding memchr(), I'm not sure a change is warranted. memchr() is defined in terms of 'bytes' and 'memory areas', rather than strings, so I'd have said it would take an obtuse reading to consider that '\0' is interpreted specially (whereas, as you say, one could be left doubtful about what strchr() does when c is '\0'). I'd guess that this is also why POSIX and the FreeBSD man page make no statement on this pont. So, I'm inclined not to make a change. Thanks, Michael -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html