-=> Quoting david nugent to Damien Miller <=-

 dn> In C yes, in C++ types are a little more arbitrary and the term
 dn> "string" as definitive as calling the sky 'up'.  ie. you can define
 dn> your own 'string' types as classes. 

my mistake for not noticing the specific reference to C++ strings, but
if your using C++ string classes the original question (about C++ strings)
becomes meaningless as C++ classes can be virtually (sic) any
implematation of of any data structure.

Damien
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