comprehensive list of unsafe functions in C

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Hello. I've been looking online unsuccessfully for a comprehensive list of unsafe (dangerous) functions in C (see here for a few). When I say "dangerous" I mean functions like gets or strcopy, but I was wondering if someone has actually compiled a comprehensive list. Thank you.

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