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.
 NH> The full "the0" gets stored.  The problem is that the first byte of
 NH> who-knows-what has been overwritten by the hex zero.
 Well, that certainly makes sense, but there's requirement that this 
 will happen.  It's also quite possible that the first three bytes get 
 stored "correctly" and then the program crashes with an access 
 violation....
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