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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 03:28:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 16:33:29 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:

> ... I like strings which you
> can pass about (though to actually use the contents you need to covert
> to char *, otherwuse it is hopeless) ...

That’s a bit sad, isn’t it, that such a feature is so obviously a bag 
stuck on the side of the original C core.