Gosh, there is no question that can't be hijacked into something else. Thank you to all the people who suggested I use the C++ classes. Yes, yes, I am well aware of the string class. It does not do everything. There are times when char[] makes more sense and/or must be used. When doing so, it pays to be as "safe" as possible. Yes, it is possible to be "safe" without using "safe" functions, but the same could be said of any helpful tool in software: "you don't really need it -- you can accomplish the same thing other ways."
Thank you to all the people who used this thread to remind us that Microsoft is the evil empire. I might suggest that all IBM would have to do to defeat MS's nefarious plot to take over the world would be to implement about half a dozen small library functions that MS has proposed as additions to the C++ standard. Thank you also to the one person who gave a helpful answer to the question I actually asked and suggested a possibly relevant mailing list. Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
