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Microsoft To Banish Memcpy()

Posted by kdawson on from the good-riddance dept.

kyriacos notes that Microsoft will be adding memcpy() to its list of function calls banned under its secure development lifecycle. This reader asks, "I was wondering how advanced C/C++ programmers view this move. Do you find this having a negative impact on the flexibility of the language, and do you think it will restrict the creativity of the programmer?"

2 of 486 comments (clear)

  1. Isn't security the programmer's responsibility? by Mhtsos · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can understand the warning "Warning: you are using an Evil Command(R) "memcopy" and your program will be a piece of crap as a result", but there's no need to break already compiling code.
    (FP btw)

  2. Re:Let Java do it for you. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you wrote a program that used 8+ gigs of memory that means you're an incompetent code monkey.