In article <lnhayjbz2a.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org>,
Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>My complaint is that strncpy() is in the standard library
>with the name "strncpy", and that too many programmers use it
>incorrectly.

I think i agree on naming. For example, 'strncpyz' zeros out the
buffer, 'strncpyu' can leave it without a terminator (the default is
less surprising), 'strncpyzu' does both. The zero seems harmless, at
worst it runs slower, at best it runs faster.

But 'strcpy' doesn't give us much guidance here.

It *can't* zero out the buffer, because it doesn't know the buffer size.
It *can't* decide to leave out the terminator, because it doesn't know
the buffer size. It can't avoid trashing your memory, for same reason.