Re: STL string class
On Apr 21, 4:57 am, "Ivan Vecerina"
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"Mark P" <use...@fall2005REMOVE.fastmailCAPS.fm> wrote in message
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: > When you use she STL string class and the c_str() function, how does
: > the memory returned by c_str() get allocated and destroyed?
: The memory is controlled by the string object
Yep.
: after the string is destructed
: you must not access the memory returned by c_str().
Not only destruction, but any operation that modifies
Any operation which permits modification, in fact. Calling [],
at(), begin() or end() on a non-const string, or through a
non-const reference to the string, may also invalidate the
pointer.
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