Re: Compiling C++ modules

From: Martin Mares
Date: Mon Apr 24 2006 - 18:08:58 EST


Hello!

> Oh, and yeah, a = b + c *is* more readable than
>
> a = malloc(strlen(b) + strlen(c));
> strcpy(a,b);
> strcat(a,c);
>
> and contains fewer bugs ;)

Actually, it contains at least the bug you have made in your C example,
that is forgetting that malloc() can fail. So can string addition, if
allocated dynamically.

Have a nice fortnight
--
Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@xxxxxx> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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