> > something, or use the ugly string-concatenation hack that's used to
> > get around the lack of explicit termination for \x (i.e. "\xaa" "aa"
> > to avoid generating the "character" \xaaaa).)

> While I was reading what you wrote I had the same thought. Unfortunately
> it won't work. By the time that printf() gets your string it has been
> concatenated, and the termination has become unclear again.

DOH!  Of course this is correct.