orks
with character strings can simply use <font size="2"
face="Courier New">char_traits&lt;&gt;::length</font> to
determine the length of a null terminated string, safe in the
knowledge that specialisations of <font size="2"
face="Courier New">char_traits</font> will use the most
appropriate method available to them.</p>

<h4>Type traits</h4>

<p>Class <font size="2" face="Courier New">char_traits</font> is
a classic example of a collection of type specific properties
wrapped up in a single class - what Na