C Strings and my slow descent to madness

Re:C Strings and my slow descent to madness by scythe on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:08PM (#35473666)

The problem is that it's just too tempting to write something like

    my_function(my_var, 3.6, "bzarflo", my_other_var, false);

The string handling functions are part of the story, but the null-terminated char * is produced when the compiler reaches a string literal, and writing code without being allowed to just use string literals when it's convenient tends to feel like coding with oven mitts on.

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Re:C Strings and my slow descent to madness by lolcatuser on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:49PM (#35475589)

It's entirely possible to write a wrapper function with a short name to convert string literals to actual string objects.

    my_function(my_var, 3.6, $("bzarflo"), my_other_var, false);

Isn't that much more of a mouthful, and as long as 'my_function' knows to free it, then you're A-OK! The only trouble is '$()' isn't legal in standard C, so a real solution would have to be something like 'str()'.

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