22 Nov
2019
22 Nov
'19
2:02 a.m.
On Tue, 19 Nov 2019, Tony Finch wrote:
Amusingly POSIX says the C standard takes precedence
wrt the details of
gets() (and other library functions) and C18 abolished gets(). I'm
slightly surprised that the POSIX committee didn't see that coming and
include the change in the 2018 edition...
Didn't know that gets() had finally been abolished; it's possibly the most
unsafe function (OK, macro) on the planet. I've long been tempted to
remove gets() and see what breaks...
-- Dave