C++ fixed length string class?

Question

Is there anything like this in Standard C++ / STL? Ideally it should be constructed like

fstring s = fstring(10);

I need to sometimes cons

Answer 1

If I understand you correctly, you don't want to use std::string because you're worried it might silently expand on you. I see a couple of options:

1. Use a raw C-style string and the functions from cstdio that take a length argument (e.g., fgets).

2. Use a std::vector.