`Hiding' libc symbols

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 02:32:40AM -0700, David Schultz wrote:
> >   strlcpy(struct string *a, struct string *b)
> >   {
> > 	  if (a->size == 0) {
> > 		  b->size = 0;
> > 		  return;
> > 	  }
> > 	  /* really copy the string */
> >   }
> 
> Hmm...but that program is broken.  If someone overrides a symbol
> reserved by the C standard, he deserves whatever he gets.  It is
> not unreasonable to expect applications to avoid using reserved
> symbols for thier own purposes.

strlcpy is not in any standard..