[boost] Re: use of strcpy, strcat, etc in Boost libraries

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 17:22:36

"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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> "Reece Dunn" <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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> > Hi All,
> >
> > In my post on the "vc8.0 toolset (bjam)" thread, I commented that VC8
> > also warns when using the str[n]xxx APIs, because MS declares them
> > deprecated. There are several issues here:

> Are you refering to the versions with the 'n' as the safe versions? If so,
these

Okay, I see. The 'safe versions' are the ones with the trailing '_s', right?
(http://tinyurl.com/6pkva) Still, I don't see any reason to worry.

>From your previous message:

> Would it be possible to put this in the Boost <cstring> header? I.e.
> using the safe versions for VC8 and using the C9x API for the other
> compilers/libraries.

Now that I know what you're talking about, could you elaborate on this?

Jonathan