Re: Text <-> C string

Tom Lane wrote:
> > A text_to_cstring_with_len() or text_to_cstring_limit() might be more
> > to the point, and more consistent with the other functions in the
> > family.
>
> Hmm. The thing that's bothering me is that the length is the size
> of the *destination*, which is not like cstring_to_text_with_len,
> so using a closely similar name might be confusing. Of those two
> I'd go with text_to_cstring_limit. Another thought that comes to
> mind is
>
> void text_to_cstring_buffer(const text *src, char *dst, size_t dst_len)

I think I like buffer.

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