It would be way, way, worse than a smell. It'd be a clear-the-room-this-sh*t-is-baad type of situation. At least in my book, but I can be somewhat delicate in m

It would be way, way, worse than a smell. It'd be a clear-the-room-this-sh*t-is-baad type of situation. At least in my book, but I can be somewhat delicate in my sensitivities sometimes. :) And yes, of course it's true that C APIs use explicit lengths because they're nowhere to be found at run-time. We didn't all just miss that and add an extra argument for fun.