Re: [Boost-users] [string] Are std::string's null terminated?

At 10:42 2006-04-08, Lynn Allan wrote:

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On 4/8/06, Lynn Allan wrote:

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Sorry if this is off-topic.

Just wanted to check .... are std::string's defined to be null terminated?

I came across a web page that indicated they are, but you can find lots of misinformation on the web. http://www.codeproject.com/string/cppstringguide2.asp

std::string's seem to be null terminated with the Microsoft vc7.1 and vc8 compiler, but I wanted to check if this is generally true according to the C++ standard.

I'm relatively new to stl and using std::string .... mostly have used C strings and MFC CStrings (which changed from vc6 to vc7.1?)

From: "Olaf van der Spek"

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std::string::c_str() returns a pointer to a null-terminated string, yes.

Thanks, but that isn't quite my question. I'm interested in the actual internal layout of the data in the actual std::string.

bad idea all around. there are no guarantees of an internal layout for std::string. I'm curious, though, _why_ are you interested?

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