Query::str returns std::string containing null

[Robert Mecklenburg]

The mysqlpp::Query class member function str() returns a std::string
containing a null byte.  I realize this is the actual documented
behavior of the function, but this runs contrary to the normal use of
std::string.  Here is an example program:

    #include <mysql++.h>
    int
    main()
    {
	mysqlpp::Connection c("s5db", "...", "root", "...");
	mysqlpp::Query q = c.query();
	std::cout << "preview length = " << q.preview().length() << std::endl;
	std::cout << "preview[0] = " << q.preview().at(0) << std::endl;
	return 0;
    }

This code produces the following output:

    $ foo
    preview length = 1
    preview[0] = 

That is when a Query object is created the query length is non-zero
and actually contains a zero byte.  The normal use of std::string is
to allow the string class itself to manage the termination of the
string.  This is the documented behavior of std::string and allows
an implementation the freedom to use other termination techniques
(such as a length count).

The behavior of Query::str() thus interferes with normal usage of
std::strings.   For example,

a)  The length of an empty query is not zero

b) if I execute the following code:

         std::string msg("query contains '" + q.preview() + "'");

   There will be a null byte embedded in the single quoted string.

Is there any chance of altering the behavior of Query::str() to return
a more standard std::string?

Thanks,
Robert Mecklenburg
S5 Wireless, Inc.