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It is common for an array variable to be declared with both a string literal, and a size index which specifies the number of characters in the string literal. This is one too few characters to hold the string, since it does not account for the terminating null character. Such a sequence of characters has limited utility and has the potential to cause vulnerabilities if a null-terminated byte string is assumed. ThusAs a result, the size index for a character array must never be explicit.
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\[[ISO/IEC 9899-:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] \[[Seacord 05a|AA. C References#Seacord 05a]\] Chapter 2, "Strings" [The Embedded C++ Programming Guide Lines|http://www.caravan.net/ec2plus/guide.html]. Version WP-GU-003. 6,Jan 1998 by the Embedded C++ Technical Committee A.8 Character array initialization |
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