Re: C coding

Yes, but the statement was the attempt to create a c++ string from a 
parameter passed from....an RPG program!

On 2/13/2014 6:36 PM, Marc Hunter wrote:
> While I empathize, and certainly C++ also allows you to shoot yourself
> in the foot, the code shown is philosophically (imo) a mix of C and C++
> in that it uses char *s. Assuming both variables are strings then I
> would code it as follows and avoid dipping into 'dangerous' char *
> territory.
>
> partName.insert(0, userName.substr(start, len));
>
> (If I'm understanding the objective correctly)
>
> Marc
>
> On 2/13/2014 9:02 AM, Tim Bronski wrote:
>> 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.

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