[changeset] uninitialized value bug in strncmp

[Thorsten Meyer]

Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Thorsten Meyer <thorsten.meyier at gmx.de> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> here is a patch (against mercurial) for the following bug in strncmp:
>>
>> comparing a string with a cell array, the return value for non-character cells is random:
>>
>> octave:1> strncmp("abc", {"abcd", 10}, 2)
>> ans =
>>
>>     1   164
>>
>> octave:2>
>> octave:2> strncmp("abc", {"abcd", 10}, 2)
>> ans =
>>
>>     1   191
>>
>> octave:3> strncmp("abc", {"abcd", 10}, 2)
>> ans =
>>
>>     1   184
>>
>> octave:4> strncmp("abc", {"abcd", 10}, 2)
>> ans =
>>
>>     1   138
>>
>> The reason is that in this particular case, the output value is left uninitialized.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Thorsten
>>
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>>     
>
> Attachment missing?
>   
Yes, sorry, here it is.


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