From: Paul Irofti <bulibuta@...>
Date: 2007-11-08T22:40:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Buffer to string

On 2007-11-08, elof@elof.dk <elof@elof.dk> wrote:
>
> If you really only ever care about the first string then 
>
>   s.match(/\000/).pre_match
>
> is an alternative which looks like it could be less work for the machine
> since it can stop after the first \000 rather than have to split the entire
> string.
>
> Are you looking at strings huge enough that efficiency at this level
> matters?

I think the OP made it pretty clear: there is *one* C-Style string 
inside a String Class buffer and wants to retrive it w/o the zero 
termination.  
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