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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: C String terminator
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 09:05:21 -0800
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Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
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>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>
>>>> A pointer to a string *is* required for a "%s" directive, but the
>>>> standard says so only indirectly.
[...]
> I need to add though that 'char' is not really accurate.  The Standard
> says "character type" and I think it means that, not just 'char'.
> Furthermore if an 'l' length modifier is present then the array
> elements are assumed to be of type 'wchar_t'.  Both the regular
> character types and wchar_t fall under the common umbrella of
> "character type".

When I wrote "%s" directive, I meant "%s" directive.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */