GTY: Enhance 'string_length' option documentation
We're (currently) not aware of any actual use of 'ht_identifier's with NUL characters embedded; its 'len' field appears to exist for optimization purposes, since "forever". Before 'struct ht_identifier' was added in commit 2a967f3d (Subversion r42334), we had in 'gcc/cpplib.h:struct cpp_hashnode': 'unsigned short len', or earlier 'length', earlier in 'gcc/cpphash.h:struct hashnode': 'unsigned short length', earlier 'size_t length' with comment: "length of token, for quick comparison", earlier 'int length', ever since the 'gcc/cpp*' files were added in commit 7f2935c7 (Subversion r9191). This amends commit f3b957ea "pch: Fix streaming of strings with embedded null bytes". gcc/ * doc/gty.texi (GTY Options) <string_length>: Enhance. libcpp/ * include/symtab.h (struct ht_identifier): Document different rationale.
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