Re: C coding
Tim Bronski <[email protected]>
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On 2/13/2014 5:23 PM, Jon Paris wrote: > I would have said that C was brilliant if your aim was to shoot yourself in the foot and C++ does a better job of protecting you. Hi Jon, I would have let that slide but I've just finished tracking down a bug where c++ was using a different overloaded string function than the one intended. Here's what the statement should have been: partName.insert(0, &userName[start], len); but instead it was partName.insert(0, userName[start], len); This compiles fine but the result was heinous...the c compiler would have caught that one. -- Need secure FTP? Download your native sFTP solution here: www.arpeggiosoftware.com -- This is the Bare Metal Programming IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries) (C400-L) mailing list To post a message email: C400-L-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/c400-l or email: C400-L-request-Zwy7GipZuJhWk0Htik3J/[email protected] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/c400-l.