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From: fox@research.att.com (David Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Proposed addition to string library: strnew
Message-ID: <FOX.90Sep7130228@devo.research.att.com>
Date: 7 Sep 90 17:02:28 GMT
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I propose the following function be added to the standard string.h:

inline char *
strnew(const char *s) 
{
  return s ? strcpy(new char[strlen(s)+1], s) : 0;
}