Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:35:47 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	(Melvin AT HME DOT Ltd DOT uk)
Subject:	Re: Non-compliant strxfrm
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> The only thing bothering me now is the the statement in the standard
> that says "If n is zero, dst is permitted to be a null pointer."
> Does this imply that if n isn't zero then dst must point to something?
> If so, what should we do about it?

If dst points to invalid memory there is little we can do about it.
The OS will detect any access faults automatically.  Letting it do
that is what most of the other libc functions do.

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