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0 pointssaagarjha3y ago0 comments

> If you are using C strings in C++ you are either doing something incredibly low level or don't care about performance at all.

…or interoperating with C code?

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But the temporary copy only happens going from const char * to std::string, so the C code would have to be calling C++ code.

std::string to const char doesn’t (usually?) require copying.

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0 pointssaagarjha3y ago0 comments

> If you are using C strings in C++ you are either doing something incredibly low level or don't care about performance at all.

…or interoperating with C code?

But the temporary copy only happens going from const char * to std::string, so the C code would have to be calling C++ code.

std::string to const char doesn’t (usually?) require copying.

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