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#include "structures.h"
void test(int* ip, char* cp)
{
// Case 1: Fill value is a character '0' instead of NUL '\0'.
memset(ip, '0', 1); // WARNING: suspicious for non-char pointers
memset(cp, '0', 1); // OK for char pointers
// Case 2: Fill value is truncated.
memset(ip, 0xabcd, 1); // WARNING: fill value gets truncated
memset(ip, 0x00cd, 1); // OK because value 0xcd is not truncated.
memset(ip, 0x00, 1); // OK because value is not truncated.
// Case 3: Byte count is zero.
memset(ip, sizeof(int), 0); // WARNING: zero length, potentially swapped
memset(ip, sizeof(int), 1); // OK with non-zero length
memset(ip, 8, 0); // OK with zero length without sizeof
}