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Re: style(9) sweep on config(8)


From: Dave Cuthbert <dacut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:04:04 -0500

Chris Pressey wrote:
o Use memset(ptr, 0, size) instead of bzero(ptr, size)

Is there a reason why uses of bzero() should be changed to memset()?


I've always found memset usage more error-prone; every so often, I
find myself setting a random value to zero bytes, i.e.,
memset(ptr, size, 0), which the compiler doesn't pick up.

I'm not sure about the size/speed tradeoffs in inlined versions of
memset() vs. bzero() either; then again I've never seen either function
show up in a runtime profile, so this doesn't concern me.

Dave



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