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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2018-11-07 12:22:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2018-11-07 12:22:44 +0000 |
| commit | 1e6c93250172946eeb38e94a92a1fd12c9d3011e (patch) | |
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Merging upstream version 1.11.0+dfsg.
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 00000000..a7cfef89 --- /dev/null +++ b/libnetdata/buffer/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +# 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.
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