[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] forbid strcpy

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Jan 30, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Reimar D?ffinger  
<Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> this will cause a lot of build failures, so can't be applied as is,  
> but
> please all maintainers: either remove any strcpy uses from your copy  
> or
> complain now, or I take the freedom to modify your code without  
> asking.

This is not ok, strcpy() is fine and faster in a lot of places where  
we copy between internal buffers. There is nothing wrong with that.

Forbiddig strncpy() or modifying wrong uses of strcpy() is ok with me  
though.

Ronald