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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-04 14:31:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-04 14:31:17 +0000 |
| commit | 8020f71afd34d7696d7933659df2d763ab05542f (patch) | |
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| parent | Initial commit. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 1.37.1.upstream/1.37.1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/libnetdata/buffer/README.md b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c5f66e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +<!-- +title: "BUFFER" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/libnetdata/buffer/README.md +--> + +# 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 external databases. |