Document that useAsCStringLen does not append NUL #612
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clyring
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Data/ByteString.hs
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| -- It must not be stored or used after the subcomputation finishes. | ||
| -- | ||
| -- Beware that this function does not add a terminating @\NUL@ byte at the end of 'CStringLen'. |
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It looks like the implementation actually does currently append a null byte, but I agree that doing so is not part of this function's contract.
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| -- Beware that this function does not add a terminating @\NUL@ byte at the end of 'CStringLen'. | |
| -- Beware that this function is not required to add a terminating @\NUL@ byte at the end of the 'CStringLen' it provides. |
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Right, it's ShortByteString version who does not add it, but ByteString one currently does.
Co-authored-by: Matthew Craven <clyring@gmail.com>
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Following up on haskell/unix#295 (comment).