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From: "adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org> To: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug libc/26545] Deprecate getcwd (NULL, n) for positive n Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:48:42 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <bug-26545-131-iFecK36gkB@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/> (raw) In-Reply-To: <bug-26545-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26545 --- Comment #5 from Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org> --- (In reply to Florian Weimer from comment #4) > (In reply to Adhemerval Zanella from comment #3) > > But if the idea is not to change the function semantic in a future release > > why deprecate it? My understanding is the GNU extension aims to make the > > getcwd have the same semantic regarding the returned result, the only > > difference is whether it would be allocated or not. I am not sure we should > > deprecate it only because it does not fit the newer gcc warning annotation. > > I think it's not a good programming practice because it prevents getcwd from > sizing the buffer appropriately. But the idea of exactly to limit the allocation to a certain limit, similar to when you use provided a buffer. It will either return an allocated buffer with the asked size with the expand current directory or NULL. > > > One possibility is to make getcwd ignore the size argument if the buffer is > > NULL, in this case the buffer will be always allocated to fit to obtained > > path. > > That would be a backwards-incompatible change. Right now, programmers can > use getcwd essentially as a malloc replacement. That's why I asked if we should add a compat symbol. I don't see much gain in just document the behaviour as deprecated if we won't change the function semantic. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-02 11:48 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2020-08-28 9:50 [Bug libc/26545] New: Deprecated " fweimer at redhat dot com 2020-08-28 9:51 ` [Bug libc/26545] " fweimer at redhat dot com 2020-08-31 20:18 ` adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org 2020-09-01 12:55 ` fweimer at redhat dot com 2020-09-01 12:55 ` [Bug libc/26545] Deprecate " fweimer at redhat dot com 2020-09-01 13:53 ` adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org 2020-09-02 6:25 ` fweimer at redhat dot com 2020-09-02 11:48 ` adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org [this message] 2021-09-09 6:52 ` aurelien at aurel32 dot net 2021-09-11 20:05 ` jbglaw@lug-owl.de
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