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Article #2125Behaviour of mem functions when n=0 ?
From: Chris Wilkins
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 15:32
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 15:32
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I was wondering if someone could tell me exactly what behaviour is guaranteed
for the mem library functions when n=0. I presume the answers are:
memcpy() -> do nothing
memmove() -> do nothing
memset() -> do nothing
memcmp() -> return 0
memchr() -> return NULL
But are these guaranteed?
Also, when n=0 is it guaranteed that these functions will not dereference
their other arguments?
Basically, I'm interested whether I can safely use something like:
memcpy(ptr,NULL,0);
or whether I have to wrap it:
if(len>0) {
memcpy(dest,src,len);
}
Thanks,
Chris
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