From the sources of Git, a header file banning easy to misuse C functions.
https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/banned.h
Contents as of 16th of March, 2026.
#ifndef BANNED_H
#define BANNED_H
/*
* This header lists functions that have been banned from our code base,
* because they're too easy to misuse (and even if used correctly,
* complicate audits). Including this header turns them into compile-time
* errors.
*/
#define BANNED(func) sorry_##func##_is_a_banned_function
#undef strcpy
#define strcpy(x,y) BANNED(strcpy)
#undef strcat
#define strcat(x,y) BANNED(strcat)
#undef strncpy
#define strncpy(x,y,n) BANNED(strncpy)
#undef strncat
#define strncat(x,y,n) BANNED(strncat)
#undef strtok
#define strtok(x,y) BANNED(strtok)
#undef strtok_r
#define strtok_r(x,y,z) BANNED(strtok_r)
#undef sprintf
#undef vsprintf
#define sprintf(...) BANNED(sprintf)
#define vsprintf(...) BANNED(vsprintf)
#undef gmtime
#define gmtime(t) BANNED(gmtime)
#undef localtime
#define localtime(t) BANNED(localtime)
#undef ctime
#define ctime(t) BANNED(ctime)
#undef ctime_r
#define ctime_r(t, buf) BANNED(ctime_r)
#undef asctime
#define asctime(t) BANNED(asctime)
#undef asctime_r
#define asctime_r(t, buf) BANNED(asctime_r)
#undef mktemp
#define mktemp(x) BANNED(mktemp)
#endif /* BANNED_H */
See Also
- - compile_commands.json with CMake
- - Left Arrow Operator
- - Forward to fmt::format
- - Is C++ your favorite programing language?
- - Vcpkg and Cmake
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