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From: tony@online.tmx.com.au (Tony Cook - Stream America)
Subject: Re: strings and x[i] = '\0'
Date: 1996/07/30
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Bill Dimm (billd@gim.net) wrote:
: Looking at the April 95 ANSI draft I don't see any
: language that prohibits the user from doing this (and
: expecting it to work):

:  string x("one");
:  x[1] = '\0';
:  cout << x.length() << endl;

: Is the string object required to get the length right under
: such circumstances?  This would seem to make it impractical to 
: store the length of the string in the object.  Can anyone
: provide clarification?

The length should still be 3, AFAIK.  The string should contain 'o',
'\0' and 'e'.

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        Tony Cook - tony@online.tmx.com.au
                    100237.3425@compuserve.com
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