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Re: strcmp() on a non-nil-terminated string

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From: John F. Woods
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:38
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berg@physik.tu-muenchen.de (Stephen R. van den Berg) writes:
>char first[]="first";
>char second[]={'s','e','c','o','n','d'};
>main()
>{ return!!strcmp(first,second);
>}
>--------------------------------------
>Is this program allowed to behave undefined?

4.1.1 Definitions of Terms "A string is a contiguous sequence of characters
terminated by and including the first null character."
4.11.1 String Function Conventions "If an array is accessed beyond the end
of an object, the behavior is undefined."
4.11.4.2 The strcmp Function "The strcmp function compares the string pointed
                                                               ^^^^^^
to by s1 to the string pointed to by s2."	(emphasis added)
                ^^^^^^

>You would expect a sane implementation to return with an exitcode of 1.

*I* would expect a sane programmer to read and understand the manual before
plugging in the C compiler.
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