Re: ANSI C clarifications, with citations (was Re: [patch-2.4

Hans Reiser (hans@reiser.to)
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:42:32 -0700


"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:

> > 5 Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings
> > (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest
> > ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilis-
> > ticexpialidocious''.
>
> Assuming you actually care... If it hurts, Don't Do That.
> What you get is what you deserve. Hey, maybe I want overflows.

With any luck Boris Babayan will someday get to make his Elbrus CPU, and
implement hardware protection of pointer ranges.

Hans

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