> That C code wouldn't work if the strings in the map are mutable (which they are in C++). It wouldn't work if the strings were allocated dynamically either I

> That C code wouldn't work if the strings in the map are mutable (which they are in C++). It wouldn't work if the strings were allocated dynamically either I don't see why not? You'll have to decide the ownership semantics if they're dynamically allocated but that's it?