[boost] Re: static sized strings

From: John Nagle (nagle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-13 11:23:39

David Abrahams wrote:
> John Nagle <nagle_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>    If you're willing to accept a call to "new", you can just
>>use std::string and reserve some initial size.  

    Char_string should truncate and maintain
null-termination for the C-type operations, including 

        strcat
        strcopy
        sprintf
        etc.

An exception should only occur for explicit subscripting
out of range:

        char_string s<10>;
        s[11] = 'x';

Remember, a major purpose of char_string is to stop buffer
overflow attacks.  It's primarily for retrofit to old
code.  New code should use <string>.

This should be a simple, all-inline, no library .hpp
file.  

                                John Nagle
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