1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/htssafe.h b/src/htssafe.h
index d21107c..3451d26 100644
--- a/src/htssafe.h
+++ b/src/htssafe.h
@@ -130,12 +130,24 @@ static HTS_UNUSED void htssafe_compile_time_check_(void) {
  */
 #define strncatbuff(A, B, N) \
   ( HTS_IS_NOT_CHAR_BUFFER(A) \
-  ? strncat(A, B, N) \
+  ? ( (N) != (size_t) -1 ? strncat(A, B, N) : strcat(A, B) ) \
   : strncat_safe_(A, sizeof(A), B, \
   HTS_IS_NOT_CHAR_BUFFER(B) ? (size_t) -1 : sizeof(B), N, \
   "overflow while appending '" #B "' to '"#A"'", __FILE__, __LINE__) )
 
 /**
+ * Append characters of "B" to "A".
+ * If "A" is a char[] variable whose size is not sizeof(char*), then the size 
+ * is assumed to be the capacity of this array.
+ */
+#define strcatbuff(A, B) \
+  ( HTS_IS_NOT_CHAR_BUFFER(A) \
+  ? strcat(A, B) \
+  : strncat_safe_(A, sizeof(A), B, \
+  HTS_IS_NOT_CHAR_BUFFER(B) ? (size_t) -1 : sizeof(B), (size_t) -1, \
+  "overflow while appending '" #B "' to '"#A"'", __FILE__, __LINE__) )
+
+/**
  * Copy characters from "B" to "A".
  * If "A" is a char[] variable whose size is not sizeof(char*), then the size 
  * is assumed to be the capacity of this array.
@@ -147,15 +159,6 @@ static HTS_UNUSED void htssafe_compile_time_check_(void) {
   HTS_IS_NOT_CHAR_BUFFER(B) ? (size_t) -1 : sizeof(B), \
   "overflow while copying '" #B "' to '"#A"'", __FILE__, __LINE__) )
 
-/* note: "size_t is an unsigned integral type" */
-
-/**
- * Append characters of "B" to "A".
- * If "A" is a char[] variable whose size is not sizeof(char*), then the size 
- * is assumed to be the capacity of this array.
- */
-#define strcatbuff(A, B) strncatbuff(A, B, (size_t) -1)
-
 /**
  * Append characters of "B" to "A", "A" having a maximum capacity of "S".
  */
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@ static HTS_INLINE HTS_UNUSED char* strncat_safe_(char *const dest, const size_t
                                                  const char *exp, const char *file, int line) {
   const size_t source_len = strlen_safe_(source, sizeof_source, file, line);
   const size_t dest_len = strlen_safe_(dest, sizeof_dest, file, line);
+  /* note: "size_t is an unsigned integral type" ((size_t) -1 is positive) */
   const size_t source_copy = source_len <= n ? source_len : n;
   const size_t dest_final_len = dest_len + source_copy;
   assertf__(dest_final_len < sizeof_dest, exp, file, line);