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From: dmmg1176@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David M Marcovitz)
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Subject: Re: Str255
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Date: 31 Jan 91 19:18:20 GMT
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>bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
>>How about:

>>	gBartender->SetCmdText(cmdCopy, (StringPtr) "\pCopy Picture");

>>The disparity comes about because literal "...." constructs are
>>considered char arrays, whereas Str255 are array of unsigned chars.
>>This is really a pain, but necessary, because otherwise operations
>>using the length byte of Str255 variables are dangerous in that you
>>can get sign-extension if the length of the string is > 127.

>>--
>>Paul DuBois
>>dubois@primate.wisc.edu

Thanks.  I tried it, and it worked.  I know I shouldn't get annoyed by
these things, but I'm still disturbed that the manual was wrong.

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