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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:58:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 02/36] Guile extension language: doc additions
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To: Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
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> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:55:22 -0800
> From: Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> 
> > If the functionality is that only null-terminated strings are supported,
> > then the text is fin
> 
> Correction: Either a null-terminated string or a string with the
> specified length passed in (i.e., not present in the string itself) is
> supported.
> 
> > Eli was suggesting supporting non-null-terminated strings as well, but
> > indeed, that can always be added later.
> 
> They are supported, but the caller has to provide the length.

Then let's say that explicitly.  The text as is can be interpreted as
meaning that such strings aren't supported.