Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Sep 20, 2007, 14:56 UTC
Message-ID: <46F28A10.8040803@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <fctuo4$t93$1@sea.gmane.org>

Steven Burns wrote:

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>> a = b + "/share/" + c + serial_num;
>>
>> where you can have absolutely no idea how many memory allocations are
>> done, due to type coercions, overloaded operators
> 
> You are assuming (incorrectly) everybody will use dumb string classes like 
> that.
>

Not really. He said "It's way to easy for idiots to do something like this:" just prior to the line you quoted. I wholeheartedly agree, but in no way does anyone assume that everybody will use dumb string classes.

I'm sure it's perfectly possible to write properly functioning programs in C++. I know I use a few of them myself. That doesn't change the fact that it's an idiot-friendly language to write code in that's extremely annoying for competent programmers to fix up later.

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