Re: why debug step by step, it s ok

Keith Thompson wrote:
> Robert Gamble <rgamble99@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:12:39 +0200, Emmanuel Delahaye wrote:
> [...]
> >> strings are not mutable...
> >
> > Psst: string _literals_ are not mutable.
>
> Psst: Attempting to modify a string literal invokes undefined
> behavior. One way that undefined behavior can be manifested is that
> the string literal can be modified.

I thought about clarifying that but decided not to assuming that the
"without invoking undefined behavior" part was implied and trying not
to be too pedantic as I know what Emmanuel meant ;)

> Saying that string literals are not mutable could imply that it's an
> error that the implementation will catch. It might, or it might not.

I agree, bad decision on my part.

Robert Gamble

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