On 29 Aug 2001 16:59:18 -0500, Larry Ewing <lewing@xxxxxxxxxx> said: >Ah so it is the libraries fault that it crashes when you pass it an >unterminated string? Yes, in this case bad design on the part of the library designer for allowing such behavior. I realize that the use of null-terminated strings is a legacy of the original C runtime library. That doesn't mean that it's right. Kelly