Re: Re: string2array ?

["John E. Davis" <davis>]

Guenter Milde <milde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>One question: Why is the function called bstring_to_array? 
>Actually I expected a binary string to be something special. Or is it just a
>normal string (used for storing numbers).

S-Lang 1.x supports two string objects: String_Type and BString_Type.
The String_Type objects represent ordinary null terminated strings
where the length of the string is determined by the location of the
null character.  A BString_Type object permits embedded null
characters, e.g.,

    s = "This has an \000embedded NULL character";
    strlen (s) ===> 11
    bstrlen(s) ===> 36
    strcat (s, "foo"); ==> "This has an foo"
    typecast (s, String_Type) ==> "This has an "
    
In S-Lang v2, String_Type objects will be encoded as UTF-8.

I hope this helps.
--John




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