[Asterisk-Dev] [RFC] strncpy -> ast_copy_string

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Brian West wrote:

> I also have another question.. why didn't we just override strncpy and
> strlen with our own functions to call them how we want.. instead of
> comign up with ast_strlen_zero and ast_string_copy?
Principle of least astonishment. I'd be pretty damn surprised when strncpy 
in asterisk has very different semantics from the strncpy everywhere else 
on the system.

-alex