BSON_STRNLEN(3)

💅 BSON_STRNLEN(3) 💅

okay so this is bson_strnlen, and it lives in libbson (that's the manual name bestie, we're in libbson land 🦋). it's a tiny little function but it's lowkey doing the most for portability, and honestly? we stan a supportive icon.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

size_t
bson_strnlen (const char *s, size_t maxlen);

literally the whole signature, no notes 💖

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• s — a string. that's it, that's the whole vibe. just a string 🫶
• maxlen — the maximum size of string to check. like a little fence so we don't run off the edge 🌸

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so bson_strnlen() is a portable version of strnlen(). that's the entire description and honestly it ate 💅 if your platform is being weird about strnlen(), this is your girl. main character energy, works everywhere, no cap.

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⭐ RETURNS ⭐

it gives you back the length of s in bytes — OR maxlen if no \0 was found. so basically: it counts until it hits the null terminator, but if there's no \0 in sight it just throws its hands up and reports maxlen 😭 no drama, no overrun, just boundaries. we love a queen who respects limits 💀✨

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the icons behind it all 💜

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🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — yeah, they've been at this a minute, fr fr 🧚

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and that's the whole page bestie!! written by the libbson girlies in version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — go forth and measure your strings safely, mwah 💖🎀🔥