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Re: strcpy versus strncpy


From: ben () ALGROUP CO UK (Ben Laurie)
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:50:52 +0000


Edwin Li-Kai Liu wrote:
If you use C++, you can write a string class (I think someone already did that?
M$?) that uses dynamic buffer allocation and upon object destruction the buffer
is released. This will prevent memory hole, but performance suffers!

The string class is part of the Standard C++ Library (or is it STL?
Whatever, it is standard).

Cheers,

Ben.

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