Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C

Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C by saagarjha on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:51PM (#22873242)

I disagree, because they return a value that nobody really wants and thus perform poorly: https://saagarjha.com/blog/2020/04/12/designing-a-better-str...

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Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C by loeg on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:03AM (#22875024)

So standardize them as returning void — great!

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Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C by saagarjha on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:03AM (#22875816)

What you really want is it to tell you how much it copied.

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Re:Tell HN: C Experts Panel – Ask us anything about C by loeg on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:11PM (#22881785)

I don't think I've ever wanted to know that, actually. Void is totally fine for my use.

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