Re: Why is it dangerous?

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Julian said:

'evening.

I'm not new to C and have been programming in it since I was 8 but
here's a strange problem I've never seen before.

When I compile a program from our C course with a windows compiler
there is no problem but when I try to compile it with a linux compiler
it complains that

a_03.c:(.text+0x4d): warning: the `gets' function is dangerous
and should not be used.

Is linux more dangerous than windows?

No. Your Linux compiler warned you about a dangerous function that should
never be used.

Total and utter nonsense. C is used all over the place for creating
elements which are under strict control and the program/process/function
has a totally controlled and defined input stream. In those scenarios
gets is used flawlessly in millions of programs around the world.

if you can NOT define the input then I would agree. But in the real
world the input is indeed guarenteed in a properly functioning
system. if the system isn't well defined then all "bets are off" since
you can pretty much be sure that undefined behaviour/input has already
compromised the process pipeline.


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