On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 01:53:52PM -0700, Bill Parker wrote: > Hello All, > > In reviewing the code at line 990 in bashfile.c, while the > issue of rl_line_buffer[0] = '\0', would it not be better to > use memset(rl_line_buffer, '\0', sizeof(rl_line_buffer)) to > clobber the entire line more effectively? The patch file > below addresses this issue: [...]
I don't think the intention of that line is to clear the whole buffer. If that buffer is to hold a C string, then the current code is sufficient to make that a 'null' string. -- Eduardo Bustamante https://dualbus.me/
