[zeromq-dev] zmsg.hpp

[Ilja Golshtein]

>>  What I don't understand is why Pieter confirmed that
>>  the code pretty much like quoted is valid and "s[msg.length()] = 0;" makes sense.
>>
>>  The only way to explain is to assume 0 is present somewhere after a message.
>>  In this case strcpy is safe, though string must be properly terminated after copy.
>>
>>  Again, it is just curiosity - I want portable data formats and applications do not crash ;)
>
> Ah.
>
> s[msg.length()] = 0 is standard C boilerplate for "If the
> message has no \0 termination, stick one at the end of the buffer just in
> case."


Martin, 
you are right, though original Pieter's explanation

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> Why we do this
>=
> data[message.size()] = 0
>=
> afterwards?

Precisely to create an ASCIIZ string from a 0MQ string.
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sounds somewhat different.


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Best regards,
Ilja Golshtein.