Forgot how painful input buffers are

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diff --git a/3p37.cpp b/3p37.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include "sales_data.hpp"
+#include "sales_item.hpp"
+
+/*
+ *
+ * 3.37
+ *
+ * 
+ */
+
+int main () {
+
+	const char ca[] = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'/*, '\0'*/};
+	const char *cp = ca;
+	while(*cp) {
+		std::cout << *cp << std::endl;
+		++cp;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * This causes a buffer overflow because there is no null character at the end of the string
+	 * If we put a null-character at the end of the string we don't get an overflow.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}