[Info-vax] $sndopr() and dsc64$descriptor

[Jim]

On Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 1:55:39 PM UTC-5, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2021-03-11 18:32:07 +0000, Jim said: 
> 
> > _strcpy32((__char_ptr32)&reply.opc$l_ms_text, message); 
> > 
> > length = strlen((__char_ptr32)&reply.opc$l_ms_text);
> While that's not specifically introducing a bug, use of that sequence 
> elsewhere can be Bad.
> -- 
> Pure Personal Opinion | HoffmanLabs LLC

Yes, C string functions that rely on null termination can be unsafe. Alternatives such as the VMS STR$ RTL routines or even the "n" variants of the C string functions would be better choices for production code.