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to: Paul Edwards
from: Joshua Marshall
date: 1996-11-03 19:23:04
subject: Re: Auto string-length determinatio

Hello Paul,
 In a message dated 29 Oct 96 you wrote to me :

 PE> I think it's better, where possible, to do a:

 PE> strncpy(s, dfdfdfdfdfdfd, sizeof s);

 PE> so that if you need to make s of size APPLE_SIZE instead of STRING_SIZE,
 PE> you don't need to change your code.  BFN.  Paul.

Out of interest, do you know if "sizeof s" is evaluated at
compile-time or at run-time?  I guess it wouldn't make much difference
speed-wise.

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