On 2024-06-22 03:58:46 +0000, NRK wrote:
> Sized strings
> -------------
>
> typedef struct {
> uint8_t *s; // or you can use `(unsigned) char *`
> ptrdiff_t len; // or you can use `size_t`, see explanation
> below
> } Str;
>
> * Cheap access to the string length which allows expressing string
> operations much more naturally (read: less error prone).
> * Zero copy sub-string. This is a huge one, because it avoids many
> spurious copies and/or allocations.
This is OK if your string is constant. Otherwise, this may be
dangerous, e.g. in case the full string is changed in place.
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