Re: Is memcpy secure?

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 01/29/04 

Date: 29 Jan 2004 20:11:26 GMT

In article <christian.bau-8F210D.20071129012004@slb-newsm1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
Christian Bau <christian.bau@cbau.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
:In article <bvbo2b$ctu$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
: roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote:

:> ANSI C -defines- long as being large enough to hold a pointer,
:> and guarantees that if you convert a pointer to a long and back
:> again (with no arithmetic operations on the long) then the result
:> will point to the original object.

:That is news to me. And to many others. Including the guys who wrote the
:C Standard.

I'll cross-check my references when I next have an opportunity. 

-- 
I predict that you will not trust this prediction.

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