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Article #596Re: character array initialization
From: Stephen Clamage
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 1990 01:27
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 1990 01:27
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petergo@microsoft.UUCP (Peter GOLDE) writes: >BTW, just because string initialization of the type mentioned >is "very rare" in YOUR code, don't think that it's very rare >in other peoples code. 0 termination is not the best string >representation for many applications. A good point. Nonetheless, 0 termination is the standard in C. There is no support anywhere else in the language for strings which are not 0-terminated. You have to write special code to handle them wherever such are used. -- Steve Clamage, TauMetric Corp, steve@taumet.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!pacbell.com!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!taumet!steve From: steve@taumet.com (Stephen Clamage) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: character array initialization Message-ID: <523@taumet.com> Date: 18 Nov 90 01:27:32 GMT References: <58962@microsoft.UUCP> <513@taumet.com> <59110@microsoft.UUCP> Organization: Taumetric Corporation, San Diego Lines: 14