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		throwaway2037 on April 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C Strings and my slow descent to madness 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?

jiggawatts on April 7, 2023 [–]

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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