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[section:strings C-string comparison]
In the general case, pointers are compared using their value. However when type of the the pointers are `char*` or `wchar_t*`, 
__BOOST_TEST__ promotes them as null terminated `char` arrays and string comparison is used instead. 

[bt_example boost_test_string..BOOST_TEST string comparison..run-fail]

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	9	[section:strings C-string comparison]
	10	In the general case, pointers are compared using their value. However when type of the the pointers are `char` or `wchar_t`,
	11	__BOOST_TEST__ promotes them as null terminated `char` arrays and string comparison is used instead.
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	13	[bt_example boost_test_string..BOOST_TEST string comparison..run-fail]
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