C4996 (function unsafe) warning for strcpy but not for memcpy

Question

I am writing code in VS2010 and I happen to see after compilation compiler gives me C4996 warning (\"This function or variable may be unsafe\") for strcpy and sprintf calls.

Answer 1

The warning meens that the function is deprecated and will not be available in future versions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/en-en/library/ttcz0bys.aspx You can't add other functions to the deprecate list of Microsoft.

The reason for the deprecation are "unsafe", but that's different from your assumption "C4496 shows you all unsafe functions".