Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"?

From	Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"?
Date	2022-07-26 10:22 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Alf P. Steinbach <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> wrote:
> When one is primarily concerned with not throwing away the compile time 
> string size information one can just declare a reference, like
> 
>     const auto& str = "hello";

Well, there's a quiz question if I ever saw one. What does 'auto' expand
to there?

Honestly, I wouldn't be certain without a bit further research or
testing.

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Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 07:57 +0000
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-07-26 08:03 +0000
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-26 01:51 -0700
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 10:07 +0000
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-26 05:10 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-26 06:18 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 16:03 +0000
          Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 18:18 +0200
            Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-27 07:40 +0000
              Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-07-27 01:17 -0700
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-07-26 11:11 +0200
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 02:30 -0700
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 10:19 +0000
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 12:03 -0700
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 01:56 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 11:02 -0700
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 11:36 +0200
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-07-26 10:22 +0000
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 16:50 +0200
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 12:13 -0700
  Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-07-26 17:56 -0700
    Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-26 19:24 -0700
      Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Andrey Tarasevich <andreytarasevich@hotmail.com> - 2022-07-27 13:05 -0700
        Re: Is a char array initializer a "string literal"? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-07-27 15:38 -0700

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