linux-kernel - Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug

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Message-ID: <46B346BC.3060404@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:16:12 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>
CC:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gcc fixed size char array initialization bug - known?

Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> ISO C99 is very obvious in that the terminating '\0' (resp. L'\0') from
> the string literal is only added if there is room in the array or if the
> array has unknown size.

I would say C99 is /explicit/ in this regard.
It doesn't seem like an overly /obvious/ language feature to me.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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