Thus wrote Evan Huus (eapache@xxxxxxxxx):
> I think we'd agreed that the right thing to do is to convert most of
> our string functions to handle and return counted strings
> (wmem_strbuf_t or something) and then do the replacement as you
> suggest. There are several other outstanding encoding issues
> (especially around embedded NULLs) where string length cannot be
> reliably managed without explicitly counting it.
> Unfortunately it's a relatively large API change, but I think it's the
> right thing going forward, especially since we already use a
> wmem_strbuf_t in most of the _get_string functions already (we just
> don't return it).
Ok, that means my idea does not conflict with your long-term plans.
I committed the change to tvb_get_string() in r54864. I'll have a look
at tvb_get_stringz() tomorrow.
Martin