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From: MJSCHMEL@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Michael J. Schmelzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: String Summary!
Message-ID: <4637@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 4 Mar 88 18:47:35 GMT
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Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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Thanks to everyone who helped. (no thanks to those who ridiculed
my problem. phffft!)
Here's the summary: MPW glue routines automatically convert
C strings in parameter lists of functions that take Str255's.
(All except for the first such function I tried: DebugStr(), hence
my extended confusion.)
(the function you should try in that case is cDebugStr(), I hear.)
So in other words, if I had just done the simplest thing and put
C strings in the parameter list (which I was _sure_ was wrong!)
I'd have had no problems at all.
 
I think I prefer LSC's way of handling this problem ("\pstrings")
to MPW's. I'm not sure which is more elegant or kludgey, but
when I get more experience with MPW, I'll give you a much more
informed opinion if you're interested.
Thanks again. comp.sys.mac.programmer has earned its keep as far as
I'm concerned.
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