> ok, the standard say nothing about operator [] but for at it is "<",
> but! you also see special code in
>
> lyxstring::const_reference lyxstring::operator[](size_type pos) const
> {
> lyx::Assert(pos <= rep->sz); // OURS!
> static char helper = '\0';
> return pos == rep->sz ? helper : rep->s[pos];
> }
>
>
> to handle the pos == rep->sz case... and to me this seems a bit
> bogus.. I wonder why it was added...
Probably because a lot of old string implementations used \0 termination
and there might be code depending on it.
I find it a bit disgusting, though...
Andre'
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