 character marking the end;
instead, they keep a count of the number of characters.
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If the <A HREF="strbuf.html">String_buf</A> contains NULL characters, they do NOT mark the
end of the string.  Instead, they are simply ignored when constructing
the ordinary string.
<A NAME="zap_string_buf"></A><HR><PRE><B>void zap_string_buf(<A HREF="strbuf.html">String_buf</A> sb);
</B></PRE>This routine deallocates a <A HREF="strbuf.html">String_buf</A> and frees all memory
associated with it.
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