[DRMAA-WG] C binding -- string lengths

[Roger Brobst]

> How would you implement the string copying in drmaa_init()?
> One would probably use the following code:
> 
> int
> drmaa_init(..., char *err_diag, size_t err_diag_len)
> {
>   strncpy(err_diag, SRC, err_diag_len)
> }

I would not use use strncpy because 
if the string fits into the buffer,
     I see no reason to zero-fill the remainder of the buffer;
if the string doesn't fit, 
     the implementation should not copy an unterminated string
     into the buffer.

Assuming I wasn't doing any form of error checking, I would use

int
drmaa_init(..., char *err_diag, size_t err_diag_len)
{
    *err_diag = '\0', strncat( err_diag, SRC, err_diag_len )
}