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Title:	STR38-C. Do not confuse narrow and wide character strings and functions
Author:	Andrew Gidwani	Apr 01, 2009
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Aug 06, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/xtYxBQ
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