[erlang-questions] reading zero-terminated strings from a socket

[Joel Reymont]

I need to read zero-terminated strings from a socket.

What is the most efficient way of doing so?

I wish there was a {packet, ...} option for this but, alas, {packet,
line} only looks for newlines.

Thanks, Joel

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[Loïc Hoguin]

* recv(Socket, _, Timeout)
* binary:split(Bin, << 0 >>)
* bufferize and try next: << Acc/binary, Bin/binary >>

You'll most likely want to check your buffer before receiving again in
case you have receiving many strings at once.

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