Zero length literal string is not zero length

I have a program that does this:

HWND Edit =
CreateWindow("Edit","",WS_VISIBLE,0,0,100,100,Parent,0,Instance,0) ;

When the window appears, it is not empty.  Instead, it contains the numeric
digit 0.

The problem only happens when I compile with debug.

I have had this kind of thing happen before where empty literal strings are
not empty.  It seems to be related to the stack.  Sometimes when I have the
problem, I can work around it by moving local variables.

Does anyone know exactly what causes this and/or what I can do about it?

Thanks in advance.

David Liebtag

PS I am using Visual Studio .Net 2003 C++.  I know, I know.  VS .Net 2003 is
old, but it is what I am using.  After all, Microsoft still offers extended
support for it,,,

David,This is not the best group for this question, however...

David,

This is not the best group for this question, however...


What else do you do with the Edit window handle? Nothing in creating
the window would result in it displaying a '0'.


You've probably got a bug somewhere - not where you think it is.
Enable the compiler run-time checking settings and see if they show
anything.

Dave

Can you suggest a better group?

Can you suggest a better group?

I have already enabled all the run-time checking and no errors are reported.

David Liebtag

You were correct.

You were correct.  I found that the code to initialize a global array was
running off the end and corrupting the storage for literal strings.

Thanks.

David Liebtag

The vc.language group may have been better - given the outcome.Dave

The vc.language group may have been better - given the outcome.

Dave