Eryk Sun added the comment:
> I don't like the idea of having a mismatch between what we set and
> what we get, even if what we're setting technically shouldn't be
> allowed.
Currently if you set a string with null, you won't see it using either
regedit.exe or reg.exe:
>>> import os, winreg
>>> data = "a string\x00 with a null"
>>> HKCU = winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER
>>> winreg.SetValueEx(HKCU, "test", 0, winreg.REG_SZ, data)
>>> winreg.QueryValueEx(HKCU, "test")
('a string\x00 with a null', 1)
>>> os.system('reg query HKCU /v test')
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
test REG_SZ a string
0
The registry saves the whole buffer, agnostic to the type, but clearly
Microsoft has documented and treats REG_SZ as a null-terminated string. We
should follow suit.
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