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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:35:21 -0400
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> ...in their incorrectness

That's a silly comment. If you must deal with interfaces
which take const char *, then using a pointer from a string
is a perfectly reasonable approach, letting you use the
string mechanisms until the last moment where you actually
invoke the interface. It may not be the ideal design that
you would choose if starting from scratch, but it is not
"incorrect".