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> with p=""  
> *p != '\0' && p[strlen(p) - 1] == '[' _still_ will read a byte p[-1].

What?

	IF p = ""
	THEN *p = '\0'

by definition of ""...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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