From b49fbcef26f61f55a4825919cd6fe8478ee139d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathaniel Beaver Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:23:20 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Relevant link to C strings. --- readme.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst index 44a6c36..201d769 100644 --- a/readme.rst +++ b/readme.rst @@ -689,6 +689,10 @@ but such restrictions do not apply to filenames.) tend to have their own difficulties, `such as storing strings of arbitrary length`_. + There is extensive discussion here: + + https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/CNullStringsDefense + In any case, both Linux and `Windows use null-terminated strings`_, as do other modern operating systems.