CD> Since you are defining 'string' to include the zero terminating byte
CD> you've got it exactly right.  The string 'the' requires 4 bytes of
CD> storage.  If you try to stuff it into 3 bytes, the 'the' gets stored
CD> and where the zero has gone is anyone's guess.
The full "the0" gets stored.  The problem is that the first byte of
who-knows-what has been overwritten by the hex zero.
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