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Show HN: SLFG: We Made Gets() Safe. Everyone Said It Was Impossible

DenisDolya
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C Programming

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For decades, C programmers banned gets(). We found a way.

Two simple rules. Four lines of code. Perfect safety.

No more fgets() complexity. No more buffer overflows.

See how: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/slfg

The author is excited to share a project (SLFG) that makes the gets() function safe, a task others deemed impossible, but received no comments or discussion.

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7h ago
slurping a bit too much from the AI hose.

go back to python land.

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