Windows strcpy overflow question

[ekhule]

Hello,

I have the following code:

char buf[5];
strcpy(buf, "12345678");


When I run this from the IDE in Release mode, it works fine, no crashes. However, when I change "12345678" to "123456789" then I get this compilation warning:

warning C4789: destination of memory copy is too small

And also it crashes when i run it.

Can anyone explain why this is inconsistent, or what I am misunderstand?

Regards,
EK