> Wouldn't it be nice to use -Wunterminated-strings and let the > compiler yell at me if I write a string literal [that's too long]?
A good idea. Assuming you use gcc, please propose it at https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla. Apropos of help from the compiler, I normally run gcc via this script and stamp out all warnings. #!/bin/bash exec /bin/gcc -Wall -Wpedantic -Wextra "$@" Doug