chengsun/gtk-npapi-vlc — comment on commit efa6f82fcead8e00c7a75c898a8ea3e9460bc66b
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By RSATom:

1) you still can you sscanf if you wish by
std::string s;
s.c_str();
or
&s[0];

2) why exactly do you think, version with sscanf is more maintainable, than mine?