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How do C -programmers do reliable string handling?

JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com>: Sep 25 12:44AM +0300 On 24/09/2022 23:04, Paavo Helde wrote: > well-written C code it should be only manipulated via dedicated access > functions, never directly. The C programmers are trusted to follow such > rules.   I would prefer this. One can just be careful not to modify it.

JiiPee <kerrttuPoistaTama11@gmail.com>: Sep 25 12:47AM +0300 On 24/09/2022 22:29, Gawr Gura wrote: > but they don't provide any real > guarantee against outside manipulation.     If someone really wants to > modify your object they can always convert it to a char array and fiddle > with it.   Sure, although in my 30 years C++ I don't remember ever facing this problem. It is quite difficult to accidentally do this.

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