From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Atof
Date: 18 Apr 2001 12:47:33 -0700
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rpolzer AT www42 DOT t-offline DOT de (echo 'Rudolf Polzer'>/dev/null) writes:

> Norberto Alfredo Bensa <ceo AT nbensacomputers DOT com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > i have this problem with atof();
> > >
> > > char *buf = "-21.345\0";
> > 
> > while not a bug, you can write "-21.345"...
> 
> BTW: Does it waste one byte?

No.

> 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.

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Nate Eldredge
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