On 7/4/19 12:23 PM, Lyberta wrote:
> I think NUL-terminated strings are a big mistake of C and newer Unicode
> library shouldn't use them.
Agreed.
> std::basic_string already breaks invariants
> by allowing embedded NULs.
>
> I know that it will take a while for operating systems to stop using NUL
> terminated strings but WebAssemply System Interface already fixed that
> by using pointer and size. I expect all future OSes not to use
> NUL-terminated strings.

I can't imagine any existing operating systems will discontinue support
for interfaces that require null terminated strings. It sure would be
nice if they all added new interfaces though!

Tom.