Re: Question on a C++ string

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Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> writes:
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> From a C perspective, a string is a pointer to the first char in a
> sequence, and the string ends with a char 0 marker.  That's probably
> the one your Windows API wants, if it's a C API like someone wrote.

No, from a C perspective "A string is a contiguous sequence of
characters terminated by and including the first null character."

What you're describing is a pointer to a string (which is what is
typically passed to functions).

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Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-28 22:35 -0800
  Re: Question on a C++ string Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-12-29 09:33 +0000
    Re: Question on a C++ string Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2019-12-29 01:45 -0800
      Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 01:49 -0800
        Re: Question on a C++ string Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-12-29 11:04 +0000
        Re: Question on a C++ string Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2019-12-29 13:57 -0800
          Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 14:57 -0800
    Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 01:50 -0800
      Re: Question on a C++ string Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2019-12-29 11:08 +0000
        Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 11:50 -0800
          Re: Question on a C++ string Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2019-12-29 13:57 -0800
            Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 15:00 -0800
      Re: Question on a C++ string Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2019-12-29 13:57 -0800
        Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 15:02 -0800
          Re: Question on a C++ string Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-12-30 01:28 +0200
      Re: Question on a C++ string Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2019-12-29 21:47 -0500
  Re: Question on a C++ string Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2019-12-29 11:00 +0100
    Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 02:33 -0800
      Re: Question on a C++ string Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2019-12-29 12:09 +0000
        Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 11:51 -0800
  Re: Question on a C++ string Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-12-29 12:17 +0200
    Re: Question on a C++ string Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2019-12-29 08:45 -0800
      Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 11:54 -0800
  Re: Question on a C++ string Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-12-29 02:56 -0800
    Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 12:02 -0800
  Re: Question on a C++ string Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@delq.com> - 2019-12-29 08:39 -0800
    Re: Question on a C++ string T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-12-29 12:10 -0800

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