Timeline for GDB Error "Too many array elements"

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Jun 9, 2013 at 17:05	comment	added	Noé Malzieu		That makes perfect sense
Jun 9, 2013 at 16:47	comment	added	dna		You are free to fill a 512 chars buffer with 512 chars. But in GDB when using the command `set buffer="A"` you are filling it with a string, thus with a final null byte terminator.
Jun 9, 2013 at 16:34	vote	accept	Noé Malzieu
Jun 9, 2013 at 16:34	comment	added	Noé Malzieu		Ok thanks a lot! Last question: does that mean that in C, if I create `char buffer[512];`, I can only fill it with 511 chars as well?
Jun 9, 2013 at 16:28	history	edited	dna	CC BY-SA 3.0	edited body
Jun 9, 2013 at 16:28	comment	added	dna		Oh sorry that was a typo. Yes of course the last character has to be a null byte, moreover GDB tried to append it for you. Given the array definition this is why writing 511 "a" worked but not 512.
Jun 9, 2013 at 16:22	comment	added	Noé Malzieu		Thanks, but I wasn't trying to write in 513 A but only 512... Or is it that the last character has to be a `\x00` ?
Jun 9, 2013 at 13:56	history	edited	dna	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 11 characters in body
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Jun 9, 2013 at 9:25	history	answered	dna	CC BY-SA 3.0