Question

I’ve read and wondered about the source code of sqlite

static int strlen30(const char *z){
  const char *z2 = z;
  while( *z2 ){ z2++; }
  return 0x3fffffff & (int)(z2 - z);
}

Why use strlen30() instead of strlen() (in string.h)??

Answer 1

The commit message that went in with this change states:

[793aaebd8024896c] part of check-in [c872d55493] Never use strlen(). Use our own internal sqlite3Strlen30() which is guaranteed to never overflow an integer. Additional explicit casts to avoid nuisance warning messages. (CVS 6007) (user: drh branch: trunk)