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loeg on Jan 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Inside the C Standard Library

explicit_bzero() is another OS-specific variant.

memset_s() is now part of standard C, but it is a pain to use because it isn't just a don't-optimize-away memset().

_kst_ on Jan 20, 2019 [–]

memset_s() is defined in C11 Annex K, which is optional and is not provided by most implementations.

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