[fpc-other] Microsoft to ban Memcpy() :)

["Vinzent Höfler"]

"Vinzent Höfler" <JeLlyFish.software at gmx.net>:

> Time will tell, if memcpy_s() is actually "safer". If the programmer
> didn't think about the destination buffer's size before, why should he
> now? :->

The C(++)-folks fix:

-- 8< --
inline void memcpy_s(void *dest, size_t sizeInBytes, const void *src, size_t count) 
{
if (count > sizeInBytes)
 throw InvalidArgument("memcpy_s: buffer overflow");
memcpy(dest, src, count);
}
-- 8< --

LMAO. Adding unnecessary bounds checking on each single call. So much for the speed advantage of a low-level language. A pascal compiler knows the correct sizes beforehand, no need for extra bounds checking...


Vinzent.
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