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From: crh@hpcvmb.HP (Ron Henderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: bug in Turbo C 1.5
Message-ID: <3320002@hpcvmb.HP>
Date: 25 Jan 88 18:44:12 GMT
References: <5298@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Organization: HP Corvallis, Oregon.
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>reports so far for Turbo C 1.5.  Am I the first person to report a
>bug in Turbo C 1.5?
 ^^^
A bug?, I don't think so.

>
>This program
>
>	----------------------------------
>	#include <string.h>
>
>	void main() {
>	  char *s = "this is a test";
>	  printf("%s\n", s);
>	  memcpy(s + 1, s, strlen(s) - 1);
>	  printf("%s\n", s);
>	}
>	----------------------------------
>

According to the README file, line 189, the memcpy function now conforms
to the ANSI standard. If you want the 'smart' move, you should use
memmove, not memcpy.

Ron ...!hplabs!hp-pcd!crh