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When using command line arguments, is better to use them as c strings and interact with them using the cstring header functions?, or is better to convert them to library strings for using them? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by prettydarknwild@lemmy.world to c/cpp@programming.dev
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im new in c++ and i am creating a version of cat for practicing what i have learned so far. What im doing for managing the command line arguments is converting them to library strings and then using them, but now i have the doubt if it is the correct / most optimal way to do it

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[-] equidamoid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Use std::string_view to sort of get the safety of std::string without copying the contents (just in general make sure the original c string won't get freed or overwritten, which won't happen to argv in your case).

Or just std::string and yolo, the overhead of copying the contents is negligible in your use case.

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