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- /* File : memcmp.c
- Author : Richard A. O'Keefe.
- Updated: 25 May 1984
- Defines: memcmp()
-
- memcmp(lhs, rhs, len)
- compares the two memory areas lhs[0..len-1] ?? rhs[0..len-1]. It
- returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than 0 according
- as lhs[-] is lexicographically less than, equal to, or greater than
- rhs[-]. Note that this is not at all the same as bcmp, which tells
- you *where* the difference is but not what.
-
- Note: suppose we have int x, y; then memcmp(&x, &y, sizeof x) need
- not bear any relation to x-y. This is because byte order is machine
- dependent, and also, some machines have integer representations that
- are shorter than a machine word and two equal integers might have
- different values in the spare bits. On a ones complement machine,
- -0 == 0, but the bit patterns are different.
-
- This could have a Vax assembly code version, but as the return value
- is not the value left behind by the cmpc3 instruction I haven't
- bothered.
- */
-
- int memcmp(lhs, rhs, len)
- register char *lhs, *rhs;
- register int len;
- {
- while (--len >= 0)
- if (*lhs++ != *rhs++) return lhs[-1]-rhs[-1];
- return 0;
- }
-