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Re: [PATCH] [BZ #17596] mblen return code when n is zero
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:42:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] [BZ #17596] mblen return code when n is zero
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Rajalakshmi Srinivasaraghavan <raji@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> This patch adds a check to return -1 when n is zero in mblen(),
> mbrlen(),mbrtowc() and mbrtoc16().
A non-existing character is valid, no? Certainly not an invalid
character sequence.
Andreas.
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