rawReadZ

Read file path into raw array with one extra terminating zero byte.

This extra terminating zero (null) byte at the end is typically used as a sentinel value to speed up textual parsers or when characters are sent to a C-function taking a zero-terminated string as input.

TODO: Add or merge to Phobos?

immutable(void)[] rawReadZ(FilePath path)
immutable(void)[] rawReadZ(File file)
@safe @trusted
immutable(void)[]
rawReadZ
(
scope File file
)

Examples

import nxt.algorithm.searching : endsWith;
const d = cast(const(char)[]) FilePath(`/etc/passwd`).rawReadZ();
assert(d.endsWith('\0')); // has 0-terminator

rawReadZ

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