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

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 19:53:33

At 04:43 PM 9/30/2004, Reece Dunn wrote:
 >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:
 >
 >...
 >
 >Thoughts? Comments?

The C committee is working on a Security TR which will incorporate a number 
of these new functions.

See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1055.pdf, but be 
warned that this is a draft document and subject to change.

The C++ committee has indicated an interest in a similar TR for C++, based 
on incorporating the C committee's Security TR plus a relatively small 
number of additions covering issues specific to C++.

So presumably Boost will want to transition to these new functions on a 
toolset-by-toolset basis as they become available. We might want to talk 
about providing our own implementation of some or all of these functions to 
speed transition. Regardless, we need a plan.

--Beman