[Development] #pragma or xxx_s functions

[Kurt Pattyn]

On 19 Dec 2013, at 02:31, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> I especially like memcpy_s, which takes an extra argument which is most often 
> the exact same value you were already passing anyway[1]. Too bad they didn't 
> make memcmp_s, that would have been funny, returning EDOOFUS if you passed the 
> wrong args :-)
Maybe Qt can add #error EDOOFUS when an MSVC compiler is detected J

> 
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wes2t00f.aspx
> [2] http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/ident?i=EDOOFUS
>  See also the suggested replacements at [3], of which I like EEEEEEEEEEK best
> [3] 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!msg/fa.freebsd.hackers/V7cWmQeWVfg/IIjCCbdz4BEJ
> 
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> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center