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1. codesections (codesections@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2019 23:20:05 EDT codesections

   What's type of strings do you think is best? Why?

   (related: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/12/11/back-to-basics/)

   [ ] C style (null terminated)
   [ ] Pascal (length prefixed)
   [ ] Rust (length metadata)
   [ ] Other (reply w/ details!)

   1. Daniel Taylor (randomdamage@mastodon.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2019 23:32:17 EDT Daniel Taylor

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      @codesections I'm honestly torn, but Pascal style is also SQL style, and it does have distinct advantages over null terminated.

      It allows optimizations and checks that null terminated doesn't, and also allows you to prevent string buffer overflows by the simple expedient of *stopping the read when you hit the length of the buffer*.

   2. tomasino (tomasino@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jul-2019 03:13:19 EDT tomasino

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      @codesections hmm, what about the 9 string varieties in Ada? Fixed, bounded, and unbounded versions of character, wide, and wide_wide. Right tool available for the right job