Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer

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From: Peter Seebach
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 00:52

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In article <31545B86.4CC0@iadfw.net>, Larry Weiss  <lfw@iadfw.net> wrote:
>I don't understand.  Suppose that I want to substitute my strlen() logic
>for the vendors implementation of strlen() in such a way that not only
>my source's calls on strlen() are affected, but also any 3rd party's
>library's uses of strlen() get the "benefit".   How does your technique
>apply to that scenario?

It doesn't; this is arguably a feature, as this makes them immune to any
mistakes in my implementation of str_len().

If you have their source, you patch it.

-s
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