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图的上半部分为源内存区域在目标内存区域右边,下半部分为源内存区域在目标区域左边,源内存区域和目标内存区域都有交叉。
memcpy()是从src的起始部分开始复制,所以虽然第一种情况下没有问题,但如果遇到第二种情况,则会发生错误,如图所示,后两个字节在被复制前已经被覆盖掉了。而memmove()则由于采用了不同的复制机制,所以可以正确处理第二种情况。
VS.NET2003中所附源码如下(有删):
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void * __cdecl memmove (void * dst, const void * src, size_t count)
{
void * ret = dst;
if (dst <= src || (char *)dst >= ((char *)src + count)) {
/*
* Non-Overlapping Buffers
* copy from lower addresses to higher addresses
*/
while (count--) {
*(char *)dst = *(char *)src;
dst = (char *)dst + 1;
src = (char *)src + 1;
}
}
else {
/*
* Overlapping Buffers
* copy from higher addresses to lower addresses
*/
dst = (char *)dst + count - 1;
src = (char *)src + count - 1;
while (count--) {
*(char *)dst = *(char *)src;
dst = (char *)dst - 1;
src = (char *)src - 1;
}
}
return(ret);
}