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From: smk@axiom.UUCP (Steven M. Kramer)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: C programming hint
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 13:29:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 13:29:38 1985
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Keywords: strncpy

> From: kps@teddy.UUCP
> Subject: C programming hint
> 
> The trick is to use strncpy in an almost recursive way.

The problem in using strncpy for a ripple effect is that you are
inferring a feature of the implementation of strncpy.  For those systems
that implement it using a machine instruction or otherwise
semantically differently than you are used to, this will not work.
It certainly is not portable.
-- 
	--steve kramer
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