patch 7.4.783

Problem:    copy_chars() and copy_spaces() are inefficient.
Solution:   Use memset() instead. (Dominique Pelle)

src/misc2.c

@@ -1599,40 +1599,6 @@ strup_save(orig)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * copy a space a number of times
- */
-    void
-copy_spaces(ptr, count)
-    char_u	*ptr;
-    size_t	count;
-{
-    size_t	i = count;
-    char_u	*p = ptr;
-
-    while (i--)
-	*p++ = ' ';
-}
-
-#if defined(FEAT_VISUALEXTRA) || defined(PROTO)
-/*
- * Copy a character a number of times.
- * Does not work for multi-byte characters!
- */
-    void
-copy_chars(ptr, count, c)
-    char_u	*ptr;
-    size_t	count;
-    int		c;
-{
-    size_t	i = count;
-    char_u	*p = ptr;
-
-    while (i--)
-	*p++ = c;
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
  * delete spaces at the end of a string
  */