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I have noticed, while working on the standard string class, that the 
char_traits functions copy, move, etc, would be much more useful if they 
returned a pointer to the END of the area in which they worked, rather 
than to the beginning.

I know c liked to return the pointers you gave it when it was done with 
them, but isn't there something more useful that could be done?

Also, when these functions get a string that contains eos(), do they 
stop, or do they carry on to the bitter end?

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