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

class PStrTemp
{

Str255 s;
void	MakePString(const char *cString)
{

std::size_t length= std::strlen(cString);
s[0] = length > 255? 255: length;
std::strncpy((char *)&s[1], cString, 255);

};

public:

PStrTemp(const char *cString)
{

MakePString(cString);

};
PStrTemp(const std::string& stdString)
{

MakePString(stdString.c_str());

};
operator const unsigned char *() const {return s;};

};

using namespace std;
void PStringFunction(ConstStr255Param stringValue);
void PStringFunction(ConstStr255Param stringValue)
{

// do something
string	outString((const char *)&stringValue[1], stringValue[0]);
cout << outString << endl;

}

int main()
{

char	*a = "C string";
string	b = "std::string";
PStringFunction(PStrTemp(a));
PStringFunction(PStrTemp(b));

}