From 8d4f58e49b9dc7d3545651023a36729de773ad86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 03:22:31 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.12.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- libnetdata/buffer/README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 libnetdata/buffer/README.md (limited to 'libnetdata/buffer/README.md') diff --git a/libnetdata/buffer/README.md b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..48072e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# BUFFER + +`BUFFER` is a convenience library for working with strings in `C`. +Mainly, `BUFFER`s eliminate the need for tracking the string length, thus providing +a safe alternative for string operations. + +Also, they are super fast in printing and appending data to the string and its `buffer_strlen()` +is just a lookup (it does not traverse the string). + +Netdata uses `BUFFER`s for preparing web responses and buffering data to be sent upstream or +to backend databases. +[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Flibnetdata%2Fbuffer%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]() -- cgit v1.2.3