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From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: strcpy
Message-ID: <425@goofy.megatest.UUCP>
Date: 2 Apr 88 03:13:21 GMT
References: <3293@haddock.ISC.COM>
Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca
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Geez.  Enough already!! 

Everybody knows what strcpy does:

void strcpy(str1, str2)
  char* str1;
  char* str2;
{
  while(*str1++ = *str2++) {;} 
}

If I remember correctly, it says as much right in K&R.  I don't
think you want to break K&R without darn good reason.

If you want a function that does something else, give it another name.
"strcpy" is already taken.


  -- Sgt. Dave Jones, Naming Conventions Police, ret.