But I thought we were talking about compilers here, and defining what a compiler should do when it comes across a string literal, and not about what people shou

But I thought we were talking about compilers here, and defining what a compiler should do when it comes across a string literal, and not about what people should or shouldn’t do with strings on 4KB RAM MCUs. String parsing is sometimes necessary, and it could be as simple as formatting and sending logs lines through an UART.