inclusive-lower-bound, exclusive-upper-bound (was Re: Range Operation pre-PEP)

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

Sat, 19 May 2001 09:03:23 GMT, Greg Jorgensen <greg at pdxperts.com> pisze:

> char s[] = "literal string" is preferred unless s really needs to
> change to point at something else at run time.

I disagree: if it's a local variable, the whole string must be
copied into it, because the compiler can't assume that we won't
modify individual characters. If the string is immutable, it's better
to define
    char *s = "literal string";
so it doesn't need to be copied.

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