Lies in education [was Re: The "loop and a half"]
Grant Edwards
grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Thu Oct 12 11:01:13 EDT 2017
On 2017-10-12, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:
>>> Additionally, you can launder any constant string into a nonconstant
>>> string with strstr(3):
>>>
>>> const char *cs = "hello";
>>> char *s = strstr(cs, "");
>>> s[0] = 'y';
>>
>> Well hey, if you want that, you can just cast the pointer.
>
> Point is, there is no legitimate way to implement the strstr(3)
> prototype. Somebody must be lying through their teeth.
That's indeed a problem. Personally, I would just use two prototypes:
char *strcstr(const char *s, char *s);
const char *cstrstr(const char *s, const char *s);
Whether you want to invoke some linker-script magic to make them refer
to the same blob of code or not is optional.
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