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1 /* memmove.c -- copy memory.
2    Copy LENGTH bytes from SOURCE to DEST.  Does not null-terminate.
3    In the public domain.
4    By David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.  */
5 
6 #include <config.h>
7 
8 #include <stddef.h>
9 
10 void *
memmove(void * dest0,void const * source0,size_t length)11 memmove (void *dest0, void const *source0, size_t length)
12 {
13   char *dest = dest0;
14   char const *source = source0;
15   if (source < dest)
16     /* Moving from low mem to hi mem; start at end.  */
17     for (source += length, dest += length; length; --length)
18       *--dest = *--source;
19   else if (source != dest)
20     {
21       /* Moving from hi mem to low mem; start at beginning.  */
22       for (; length; --length)
23 	*dest++ = *source++;
24     }
25   return dest0;
26 }
27