inserting binary data in a STL List

inserting binary data in a STL List

is that a good practice?


typedef list<string, allocator<string> > LISTSTR;

LISTSTR BL;

how do would i insert a element with explicit lenght since binary data messes the null used to delimit c style strings...

i ve heard that stl::strings stores the lenght explicily without the need of the null delimiter

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Originally Posted by Alphadan

inserting binary data in a STL List

is that a good practice?


typedef list<string, allocator<string> > LISTSTR;

LISTSTR BL;

how do would i insert a element with explicit lenght since binary data messes the null used to delimit c style strings...

i ve heard that stl::strings stores the lenght explicily without the need of the null delimiter

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Look at the the std::string interface.

You can construct strings using a length argument, and you have the string::append() function to concatenate binary data.

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/s...string/string/

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

thx paul found the answer surfing in the net

mylist.push_back(std::string(buff, bytesread));

There's also a vector<char> if you have any doubt.