My preference is to remove null termination: * I'm guessing most strings aren't passed to C. (What are the most common C string calls in rustc?)
* C functions that scan for null are inefficient, so they're even more likely to be replaced with Rust equivalents than other C functions. * Null termination is not sufficient for interop with C. You also have to ensure the strings don't contain null characters. (This is a common source of bugs in Firefox, since JavaScript strings and strings from the network can contain null characters.) And if null characters are present, what do you do? * Each C function has its own expectations about character encoding and allowed characters, so calls to C involve extra state-tracking or checks anyway. _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list Rust-dev@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
