// STL8.cp
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <MacTypes.h>

template<class PascalString>
class PStrTemp
{
		PascalString s;
		void	MakePString(const char *cString)
		{
			std::size_t length= std::strlen(cString);
			s[0] = length > (sizeof(s) - 1)? (sizeof(s) - 1): length;
			std::strncpy((char *)&s[1], cString, (sizeof(s) - 1));
		};
	public:
		PStrTemp(const char *cString)
		{
			MakePString(cString);
		};
		PStrTemp(const std::string& stdString)
		{
			MakePString(stdString.c_str());
		};
		operator const unsigned char *() const {return s;};
};

typedef PStrTemp<Str255> ConstStr255;
typedef PStrTemp<Str63> ConstStr63;
typedef PStrTemp<Str32> ConstStr32;
typedef PStrTemp<Str31> ConstStr31;
typedef PStrTemp<Str27> ConstStr27;
typedef PStrTemp<Str15> ConstStr15;

void PStringFunction(ConstStr255Param stringValue)
{
	std::string	outString((const char *)&stringValue[1], *stringValue);
	std::cout << outString << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
	char	*a = "C string";
	std::string	b = "std::string";
	PStringFunction(ConstStr255(a));
	PStringFunction(ConstStr15(b));
}
// C string
// std::string