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From: mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: P-strings in MPW C++
Keywords: C++
Message-ID: <12035@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 91 19:16:12 GMT
Reply-To: mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Mike Blackwell)
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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In MPW C++, the following code snippet compiles fine:
	#include <String.h>
	char foo[10];
	strcpy(foo, "bar");
but if I replace "bar" with "\pbar", I get a bad argument error, stating
that a const char * was expected, but it got an unsigned char [5] instead.
Why is this? I know I can coerce it with a (char *)"\pbar", but that's ugly.

What I really want is something like: Str255 foo; strcpy(foo, "\pbar"); but
again, CFront doesn't like a Str255 in place of a char *. Why not? Is there
a better way to achieve the same effect without type coercing both arguments?

Thanks for any insight...		Mike Blackwell
					mkb@rover.ri.cmu.edu