the debian patch used strlen(yytext) and similar constructs--as millaway points out...

diff --git a/scan.l b/scan.l
index 930fcb0aa91d382d9245b2fea0c7963f25d34671..31d93efee309c09c029623406ee1e1ee9ea801ca 100644 (file)
--- a/scan.l
+++ b/scan.l
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern bool tablesverify, tablesext;
        return CHAR;
 
 #define RETURNNAME \
-       if(strlen(yytext) < MAXLINE) \
+       if(yyleng < MAXLINE) \
          { \
        strcpy( nmstr, yytext ); \
         } \
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ LEXOPT              [aceknopr]
        ^"%"[^sxaceknopr{}].*   synerr( _( "unrecognized '%' directive" ) );
 
        ^{NAME}         {
-                       if(strlen(yytext) < MAXLINE) 
+                       if(yyleng < MAXLINE) 
                         { 
                        strcpy( nmstr, yytext );
                         } 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ LEXOPT              [aceknopr]
        {WS}            /* separates name and definition */
 
        {NOT_WS}[^\r\n]*        {
-                       if(strlen(yytext) < MAXLINE)
+                       if(yyleng < MAXLINE)
                         {
                        strcpy( (char *) nmdef, yytext );
                         } 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ LEXOPT              [aceknopr]
 
 
        \"[^"\n]*\"     {
-                       if(strlen(yytext + 1 ) < MAXLINE) 
+                       if(yyleng-1 < MAXLINE) 
                         { 
                        strcpy( nmstr, yytext + 1 );
                         } 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ LEXOPT              [aceknopr]
        "["({FIRST_CCL_CHAR}|{CCL_EXPR})({CCL_CHAR}|{CCL_EXPR})*        {
                        int cclval;
 
-                       if(strlen(yytext ) < MAXLINE) 
+                       if(yyleng < MAXLINE) 
                         { 
                        strcpy( nmstr, yytext );
                         } 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ LEXOPT              [aceknopr]
             end_ch = yytext[yyleng-1];
             end_is_ws = end_ch != '}' ? 1 : 0;
 
-                       if(strlen(yytext + 1 ) < MAXLINE) 
+                       if(yyleng-1 < MAXLINE) 
                         { 
                        strcpy( nmstr, yytext + 1 );
                         }