Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 02:36:05 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD's strlcpy(3) and strlcat(3) Message-ID: <81768.932085365@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:28:52 CST." <199907160028.SAA01218@harmony.village.org>
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:28:52 CST, Warner Losh wrote: > I'm planning on committing their man page. I don't see problems with > it, purhaps people could point them out to me so that both our man > pages and theirs could be better. As I've said already, there's too much in DESCRIPTION that should be in HISTORY or IMPLEMENTATION NOTES. I almost get the feeling that the manpage doubles as a marketing brochure. The reason I see this as a problem is that there is a great deal of consistency in the string(3) family manpages. This consistency makes it very easy to move from one manpage to the next and spot differences. The strlcpy manpage breaks this style badly. While that's fine when you read it on its own, it's a PITA when you're missioning around the strings(3) manpages. If you see my point, let me know and I'll send you an alternative strlcpy.3 . Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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