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@@ -386,6 +386,10 @@ argument without generating an error. The same code can be written as:
newstr = ast_strdup(str);
+Furthermore, it is unnecessary to have code that malloc/calloc's for the length
+of a string (+1 for the terminating '\0') and then using strncpy to copy the
+copy the string into the resulting buffer. This is the exact same thing as
+using ast_strdup.
* CLI Commands
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