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/* Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */
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Author : Richard A. O'Keefe.
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fills the memory area dst[0..len-1] with len bytes all equal to chr.
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The result is dst. See also bfill(), which has no return value and
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puts the last two arguments the other way around.
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Note: the VAX assembly code version can only handle 0 <= len < 2^16.
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It is presented for your interest and amusement.
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char *memset(char *dst,int chr, int len)
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asm("movc5 $0,*4(ap),8(ap),12(ap),*4(ap)");
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char *memset(char *dst, register pchar chr, register int len)
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for (d = dst; --len >= 0; *d++ = chr) ;