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Diffstat (limited to 'pack.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | pack.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ static unsigned long utf8_to_uv(const char*,long*); * Directive Meaning * --------------------------------------------------------------- * @ | Moves to absolute position - * A | ASCII string (space padded, count is width) - * a | ASCII string (null padded, count is width) + * A | arbitrary binary string (space padded, count is width) + * a | arbitrary binary string (null padded, count is width) * B | Bit string (descending bit order) * b | Bit string (ascending bit order) * C | Unsigned char @@ -519,8 +519,8 @@ pack_pack(VALUE ary, VALUE fmt) switch (type) { case 'a': /* arbitrary binary string (null padded) */ - case 'A': /* ASCII string (space padded) */ - case 'Z': /* null terminated ASCII string */ + case 'A': /* arbitrary binary string (ASCII space padded) */ + case 'Z': /* null terminated string */ if (plen >= len) { rb_str_buf_cat(res, ptr, len); if (p[-1] == '*' && type == 'Z') @@ -1176,9 +1176,10 @@ infected_str_new(const char *ptr, long len, VALUE str) * * Format | Returns | Function * -------+---------+----------------------------------------- - * A | String | with trailing nulls and spaces removed + * A | String | arbitrary binary string with trailing + * | | nulls and ASCII spaces removed * -------+---------+----------------------------------------- - * a | String | string + * a | String | arbitrary binary string * -------+---------+----------------------------------------- * B | String | extract bits from each character (msb first) * -------+---------+----------------------------------------- |