ElCanut@jlai.lu to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 months agoAsking the real questionsjlai.luimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareriodoro1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoJohn\0Doe will fuck with all C (and C based derivatives) software that touches it.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoC and C derivatives will be fine unless they’re fucking up encoding.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhich rarely, if ever, happens. Especially with US software.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNah, it will end up simply as “John” in the database. You need “John%sDoe” to crash C software with unsafe printf() calls, and even then it’s better to use several “%s”
John\0Doe will fuck with all C (and C based derivatives) software that touches it.
C and C derivatives will be fine unless they’re fucking up encoding.
Which rarely, if ever, happens. Especially with US software.
Nah, it will end up simply as “John” in the database. You need “John%sDoe” to crash C software with unsafe printf() calls, and even then it’s better to use several “%s”