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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"?
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
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> C doesn't really have strings.

Yes it does.

The C standard defines a "string" as "a contiguous sequence of
characters terminated by and including the first null character".

C has no string *type*, but it certainly does have strings.

(C++ has the same thing, but with different terminology.  And of course
C++ also has the type std::string.)

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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */