strncmp issue

[Richard Tobin]

> This shouldn't be an issue, as the second argument of strncmp is unsigned,
(you mean third)
> -1 is not a valid value.

In the presence of a prototype, -1 will be converted to the maximum
value of the unsigned type.  So strncmp(x, y, -1) should be much
the same as strcmp(x, y).

-- Richard

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