<commits at source.squeak.org> schrieb am Di., 20. Apr. 2021

>
> Item was changed:
> + ----- Method: ExternalData>>fromCStrings (in category 'converting -
> support') -----
> - ----- Method: ExternalData>>fromCStrings (in category 'converting') -----
>   fromCStrings
>         "Assume that the receiver represents a set of C strings and is
> teerminated by a empty string and convert it to a Smalltalk ordered
> collection of strings"
>
>         | stream index char strings str |
>         type isPointerType ifFalse: [self error: 'External object is not a
> pointer type.'].
> +       self flag: #bogus. "mt: This format seems to be rather specific to
> some library. There would normally be pointers to pointers for such a
> structure. Or does the C standard mention such a format somehow?
> 'abcd\0efg\0hijklmnopq\0rstuvwxyz\0\0' ??? "
>         strings := OrderedCollection new.
>         index := 1.
>         [
>                 stream := WriteStream on: String new.
>                 [(char := handle unsignedCharAt: index) = 0 asCharacter]
>                         whileFalse: [
>                                 stream nextPut: char.
>                                 index := index + 1
>                         ].
>                 str := stream contents.
>                 strings addLast: str.
>                 str size = 0
>         ] whileFalse.
>         ^strings!
>

Seems to be an API specific thing:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110511-00/?p=10693

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091008-00/?p=16443
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