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Re:Some Were Meant for C (2017) [pdf] by jstimpfle on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:25AM (#19749116)
No, you store offset + length.
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Re:Some Were Meant for C (2017) [pdf] by adrianN on Friday April 26, 2019 @09:39AM (#19757323)
You can't use any of the stdlib string functions if you don't have that \0 at the end though, right?
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Re:Some Were Meant for C (2017) [pdf] by jstimpfle on Friday April 26, 2019 @09:44AM (#19757371)
Is there any function you would miss? Of those, which one couldn't you recreate in 5 straightforward lines of code?
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