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Re: by ranger_danger on Saturday July 19, 2025 @12:24AM (#44612579)
> the word "null term" appears in the ascii art diagram

Yes but it does not appear anywhere in the struct that I can see... I would love to be proven wrong though.

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Re: by fsckboy on Saturday July 19, 2025 @12:07PM (#44616689)
the string needs a null terminator to be C-string compatible. the trick of putting a count at the end that turns into a null terminator at the right moment will save a byte, regardless of how it is labelled
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