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[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Good thing this only uses ASCii characters, else you get into some fun discussions about UTF encoding

[–] qaz 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But does it count the null byte or not?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

In most languages, length method doesn't count the null terminator. Might result in some fun memory errors

[–] YoorWeb 10 points 9 months ago