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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Quick Question - Strings
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Date: 14 Dec 90 01:00:08 GMT
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In article <twp4obtaia@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
>In article <1990Dec13.183037.655@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu
>(Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>
>>"A string beginning with "\p" or "\P" is a Pascal string. It is not terminated
>>with a null byte".  That strcpy can copy tons of characters and write all over
>>memory.
>
>Well, actually, several C compilers (including, I believe, MPW C) *do*
>terminate Pascal-style string literals with a null byte.  However, it
>is probably safest not to assume that this will work.

The statement I put in quotes is from the THINK C manual....
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