Further tiny bcopy cleanup

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / Porting / Glossary

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 136810b..8449a91 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -1281,11 +1281,13 @@ d_rmdir (d_rmdir.U):
 
 d_safebcpy (d_safebcpy.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_BCOPY symbol if
-       the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies.
+       the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies.  Normally, you
+       should probably use memmove().
 
 d_safemcpy (d_safemcpy.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_MEMCPY symbol if
        the memcpy() routine can do overlapping copies.
+       For overlapping copies, memmove() should be used, if available.
 
 d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SANE_MEMCMP symbol if