[PATCH libXfont] Fix buffer read overrun

[Keith Packard]

Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> writes:

> They work, as long as you only ever pass a literal string to them, not a
> pointer.

Right, but there's no type safety in that.

> Seems like a reasonable simplification in the server - hard to use from other
> modules (libXfont, drivers, etc.) until you're sure you'll only ever be used
> with a server recognizing that.

So, presumably a macro in some convenient header file would still be
useful for external consumers.

-- 
keith.packard at intel.com
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