[Bug c++/19172] strcpy bug? or mine?

[Martin Sebor]

rolosworld at gmail dot com wrote:

> ------- Additional Comments From rolosworld at gmail dot com  2004-12-28 01:00 -------
> (In reply to comment #1)
> 
>>You forgot C strings are null terminated.
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> I did this:
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>   word = new char( strlen(str) + 1 );

Don't you mean new char [strlen(str) + 1]? I.e., brackets, not
parentheses (the latter allocates a single char and initializes
it with the length of str).

Martin