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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:08:25 +0200
From: Luka Marčetić <paxcoder@...il.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Simple testing task - string functions

On 04/10/2011 06:45 AM, Rich Felker wrote:
> Here's a testing task (particularly for Luka who's applied for SoC)
> I'd like to see written. It's based on a recent bug that turned up in
> strchr. The interfaces to be tested are strlen, strchr, strcspn,
> strspn, memchr, etc. - any string/memory function that scans a range
> of memory and needs to stop when it hits a byte matching certain
> conditions. We're looking to detect invalid memory access past the end
> of the object, and tests should go something like: [...]
>    

I like the task, it should be interesting. I have some work to do next 
week (monday especially), but I'll definitely finish it before the 15th. 
I'll make sure to keep the framework out of the picture for now as you 
and Alexander both suggested.
Thanks Rich,
-Luka Marčetić

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