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diff --git a/libnetdata/buffer/README.md b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2937ae14 --- /dev/null +++ b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +<!-- +title: "BUFFER" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/libnetdata/buffer/README.md +sidebar_label: "BUFFER library" +learn_status: "Published" +learn_topic_type: "Tasks" +learn_rel_path: "Developers/libnetdata" +--> + +# 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. |