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Re:C Strings and my slow descent to madness by throwaway2037 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:56PM (#35477097)
This is a very thoughtful post. Real question: Is the solution to avoid C strings entirely? Use something like a Pascal string that includes the length?
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Re:C Strings and my slow descent to madness by jiggawatts on Friday April 07, 2023 @05:20AM (#35479782)
Yes. For the love of god, a thousand times yes. Every other language, even some of the "C-compatible" ones uses explicit-length strings.
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