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   anna (navi@social.vlhl.dev)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 04:02:06 JST anna

   A string type for C in 2024. That proposed:

   struct { size_t size; char8_t data[/* size */]; };

   … with the char8_t array being required to be zero terminated for backwards compatibility. WG14 discussion for that paper felt that pending a size_t overhead per ‘modern string’ was too much, and it was wondered if a more compact length prefix could be designed.

   you… gotta be kidding me…

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 04:15:14 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @navi Meanwhile what I typically have is either functions with (…, const char *data, size_t len) or a full blown string buffer struct like so:

     struct strbuf { size_t len; size_t cap; char *buf; };

     Also really weird to go "size_t too big" when that's exactly what strlen returns.

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     anna (navi@social.vlhl.dev)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 08:19:57 JST anna

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     • byte :ms_robot_headpats:
     @byte who needs more than 256 characters anyway!
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     byte :ms_robot_headpats: (byte@awawa.club)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 08:19:59 JST byte :ms_robot_headpats:

     in reply to
     @navi uint8_t size
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 08:21:50 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @navi @byte Well… PATH_MAX is at least 1024 on unixes.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 08:23:43 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • byte :ms_robot_headpats:
     @navi @byte Finally no more Unix vs. Windows (vs. classic MacOS? :D)
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     anna (navi@social.vlhl.dev)'s status on Saturday, 05-Jul-2025 08:23:44 JST anna

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
     • byte :ms_robot_headpats:
     @lanodan @byte NAME_MAX is 255
     
     uhh...
     
     make paths linked lists of filenames now!
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