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What about `not str:find("\0")`? that is, just check directly for the
thing you want.
On 11/01/2017 07:26 PM, Soni L. wrote:
> The simple pattern "^%Z*$" validates whether a string is C-compatible.
> It looks slightly nicer than "^[^\0]*$" and doesn't require the use of
> string literal escapes.
> 
> Please keep %Z.
>