On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Warren Robbins wrote:
> Without looking in the man pages, I'm going to jump to the conclusion
> that strlen() returns an unsigned integer, because there is no string
> of negative length[1].
Specifically, strlen() returns a value of type size_t, which is unsigned.
> [2] - It may be fractions of fractions of a second quicker, I suppose,
> but it may have made it more difficult for you to debug, so you've
> lost more time now than you gained by having a quicker operation.
Most optimizing compilers, GCC included, will automatically perform this
optimization for you. There's no need for it in most situations.
-dak
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