I saw recently that Git VCS generates compiler errors if you try to use unsafe C functions. Would a pull request be accepted to add this header and replace the unsafe functions with safe ones?
banned.h
# https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/banned.h
#ifndef BANNED_H
#define BANNED_H
/*
* This header lists functions that have been banned from our code base,
* because they're too easy to misuse (and even if used correctly,
* complicate audits). Including this header turns them into compile-time
* errors.
*/
#define BANNED(func) sorry_##func##_is_a_banned_function
#undef strcpy
#define strcpy(x,y) BANNED(strcpy)
#undef strcat
#define strcat(x,y) BANNED(strcat)
#undef strncpy
#define strncpy(x,y,n) BANNED(strncpy)
#undef strncat
#define strncat(x,y,n) BANNED(strncat)
#undef sprintf
#undef vsprintf
#ifdef HAVE_VARIADIC_MACROS
#define sprintf(...) BANNED(sprintf)
#define vsprintf(...) BANNED(vsprintf)
#else
#define sprintf(buf,fmt,arg) BANNED(sprintf)
#define vsprintf(buf,fmt,arg) BANNED(sprintf)
#endif
#endif /* BANNED_H */
I saw recently that Git VCS generates compiler errors if you try to use unsafe C functions. Would a pull request be accepted to add this header and replace the unsafe functions with safe ones?
banned.h