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[Bug manual/10220] New: Fix inverted memmove parameters in glibc manual example 'file_mbsrtowcs'
- From: "andre dot goddard at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 30 May 2009 09:09:55 -0000
- Subject: [Bug manual/10220] New: Fix inverted memmove parameters in glibc manual example 'file_mbsrtowcs'
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
On section 6.3.5 - "A Complete Multibyte Conversion Example" the example
describe an algorithm to convert an NUL-terminated multibyte character string at
into an equivalent wide character string. It does:
1. read from input file to temp buffer
2. convert characters in temp buffer
3. write to output file the converted characters
4. go to step one, but first copy incomplete sequence to start of temp buffer
The pass four is implemented by a memmove(), taking an incomplete at the end of
the buffer and repositioning it at the start of the buffer.
ERROR:
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The aforementioned memmove() has its parameters inverted, because it`s
not putting the remaining characters in the beginning of the buffer.
Instead of:
memmove (inp, buffer, filled);
It should obviously be:
memmove (buffer, inp, filled);
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Summary: Fix inverted memmove parameters in glibc manual example
'file_mbsrtowcs'
Product: glibc
Version: 2.11
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: manual
AssignedTo: roland at gnu dot org
ReportedBy: andre dot goddard at gmail dot com
CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10220
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