[RFC] importing e* (embolic, estrdup, etc) functions from NetBSD (libc/libutil or libnetbsd)?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <20151019212750.GB64504 at spindle.one-eyed-alien.net>, Brooks Davis writes:

>This feels like the right approach to me as well.

I looked at it at one point and I found it seriously lacking.

The philosophy seems to be "just stick 'e' in front and you're done"
but in practice that is not even close.

The *real* problem they're trying to solve is safe string handling,
and the e* functions only cover a small corner area of that space.

Their implemenation also seems half-hearted in many ways.  For
instance they have not specified what happens if the error handler
returns to the e* function.

And finally, C-with-exceptions ?  Really ?

I far prefer sbuf(3) to e*(3)

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