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From: bs@alice.UucP (Bjarne Stroustrup)
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Subject: Is C++ "safe?" (No, but ...)
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 13:25:40 EST
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> Subject: Is C++ "safe" ?
> Path: ..!osu-cgrg!girard (michael girard @ Computer Graphics Research Group, Ohio State University)

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> Does C++ have a compiler option for runtime array out of bounds checking?


No. No language that has C as a subset can be safe. You can, however, define
yourself a class ``vector'' that does range checking. You'll find such a
class in <vector.h> in the standard C++ library.