DM> It makes sense ... until you realize that the standard says that _char
 DM> foo[3] = "123";_ will create a three character array consisting of
 DM> '1', '2', and '3' without the terminating nul.  :-)

Hmmm, I've been bitten by that once, so from now on I play it safe.
I think it was one of the earlier Borland compilers that screwed me
up...  :(


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