std::vector mangles a char*

[Paul McKenzie]

I hope you never have to copy a vector of string objects. That's the downside to using std::string most of the time.

Usually vectors are passed by reference, so this should not be a problem. However, if the goal of the program is to actually copy strings, then copying vectors would be part of the design.

In any event, depending on the compiler, returning a vector of strings by value is usually optimized away and the penalty isn't incurred.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie