Since strlcat/strlcpy are not argument/return value compatible

with strncat/strncpy, replace the misleading defines with comment

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23455

diff --git a/handy.h b/handy.h
index 904b67c..af4890e 100644 (file)
--- a/handy.h
+++ b/handy.h
@@ -159,17 +159,12 @@ typedef U64TYPE U64;
 #   endif
 #endif
 
-/* H.Merijn Brand [ 31 Oct 2004 ]
- * Not (yet) used at top level, but mention them for metaconfig */
-#ifdef HAS_STRLCAT
-#    define STRNCAT strlcat
-#else
-#    define STRNCAT strncat
-#endif
-#ifdef HAS_STRLCPY
-#    define STRNCPY strlcpy
-#else
-#    define STRNCPY strncpy
+/* H.Merijn Brand [ 01 Nov 2004 ] */
+#if defined(HAS_STRLCAT) || defined(HAS_STRLCPY)
+/* Not (yet) used at top level, but mention them for metaconfig
+ * Read http://www.courtesan.com/todd/papers/strlcpy.html
+ * for the discussion of why replacing strncat/strncpy with
+ * strlcat/strlcpy would be wise */
 #endif
 
 /* Mention I8SIZE, U8SIZE, I16SIZE, U16SIZE, I32SIZE, U32SIZE,