From 1a042be2703bc14037399ea21e23c69b0808c764 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:51:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] curl_easy_setopt: tweak the string copy wording Reported-by: Yaobin Wen Fixes #7632 Closes #7634 --- docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index cd1bf1c854..b83f5b6356 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ you must change them between the transfers. You can optionally reset all options back to internal default with \fIcurl_easy_reset(3)\fP. Strings passed to libcurl as 'char *' arguments, are copied by the library; -thus the string storage associated to the pointer argument may be overwritten -after \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns. The only exception to this rule is -really \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3)\fP, but the alternative that copies the string -\fICURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS(3)\fP has some usage characteristics you need to -read up on. This function does not accept input strings longer than +the string storage associated to the pointer argument may be discarded or +reused after \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP returns. The only exception to this +rule is really \fICURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3)\fP, but the alternative that copies +the string \fICURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS(3)\fP has some usage characteristics you +need to read up on. This function does not accept input strings longer than \fBCURL_MAX_INPUT_LENGTH\fP (8 MB). The order in which the options are set does not matter. -- 2.47.3