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Stephane Richard wrote:
> Indeed Matthew, thye seem to be using Type casting

No, there's no type casting.

C++'s std::string objects have c_str and data methods, both
of which return a pointer to a const array of characters.
That pointer remains the propertry of the string, and is valid
until a potentially mutating operation is performed on the string.