Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Replace unsafe string functions with their safer counterparts

[John Cowan]

Peter Bex scripsit:

> Yes, that's fine. I'm tired of arguing about this, and I know I can't
> win.  I prefer getting the patch in over arguing about it, and nobody
> else seems to have an opinion about this.

I do, actually.  The trouble with this code is that it copies a byte
at a time, and so may be much less efficient than existing library
versions which do it smart, a 32-bit or 64-bit word at a time with
adjustments.  I would like to see some measurements on at least
a few platforms before we install this vanilla code.

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