On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:36:56 GMT, Per Minborg <pminb...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> This PR proposes to add a new overload to `MemorySegment::getString` whereby
> it is possible to pass in a known byte length of the content in a segment
> that should be converted to a String. This is useful in case one already
> knows the byte length and thereby does not need to scan for a null terminator.
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/MemorySegment.java line 1316:
> 1314:
> 1315: /**
> 1316: * Reads a string using the given byte length from this segment at
> the given offset,
What happens is there's a null terminator before `length` ? Seems like we're
just copying it? IMHO, this is the tension with this API.
src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/foreign/MemorySegment.java line 1335:
> 1333: * largest string supported by the platform
> 1334: * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code offset < 0}
> 1335: * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code offset > byteSize()
> - (B + N)}, where:
I believe this is incorrect - e.g. all the B + N stuff is not needed, as we
have a length
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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20725#discussion_r1734361085
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20725#discussion_r1734360517
