From:	rpolzer AT www42 DOT t-offline DOT de (echo 'Rudolf Polzer'>/dev/null)
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Subject:	Re: Atof
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Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> wrote:
> rpolzer AT www42 DOT t-offline DOT de (echo 'Rudolf Polzer'>/dev/null) writes:
> > That is, does "\000TEST" allocate one or six bytes?
> 
> Five, actually.  It seems that if the string contains a nul
> explicitly, the compiler will store it as written, but not
> automatically add another nul at the end at the end.  This is useful
> for writing char sequences that aren't really strings in the concise
> string format.

Standard or gcc? C and/or C++? Are there compilers which truncate 
literal strings at a NUL?

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