CStrings_(re)

Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:15:50 +0100 (BST)

On Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:34:47 +0200 (MET DST) Peter Gerwinski 
 wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I encountered some problems with Procedures accepting `CString'
>parameters.  When passing a string constant to such a parameter, GPC
>does *not* automatically add a "chr ( 0 )" terminator.
>
>Should it do?  

I personally think so.

>And if so, in which cases?  

"In all cases", I would venture to say.

> We always can explicitly write "foo ( 'bar'#0 );" instead 
>of just "foo ( 'bar' );", so I tend to let things like they are ...

The string constant parameter is something that thinks it is 
(or is pretending to be) a CString. Since CStrings end with a Chr(0), 
it is probably best to make the string constant do so automatically 
- otherwise, its pretensions would be found out very quickly.

Best regards, The Chief 
Dr Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief, and the Great Elephant)
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