Gavin Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So, the question is this: should there be documentation of the maximum
> string length of a data structure so that application programmers can
> provide string length validation?
I don't think so; that's just going to make it harder to fix things if,
say
Hi all,
I've just been thinking that the documentation doesn't cover the maximum
input string lengths for various data types well. Case in point, the
date/time code: there was a fair amount of discussion about validation
input, including checking for 'unreasonable' string lengths. Unless you
went