CODING_STYLE: add section about using strlcat()

parent 0f4a4fef
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Unless you have a valid reason to accept truncation you must check whether
truncation has occurred, treat it as an error, and handle the error
appropriately.
#### Use `strlcat()` instead of `strncat()`
When concatenating strings always use `strlcat()` instead of `strncat()`. The
advantage of `strlcat()` is that it will always append a `\0` byte to the
string.
Unless you have a valid reason to accept truncation you must check whether
truncation has occurred, treat it as an error, and handle the error
appropriately.
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