[issue8530] Stringlib fastsearch can read beyond the front of an array

[Alex]

Alex <alex.gaynor at gmail.com> added the comment:

Yes, as the comment of the top of the file notes, reading to s[n] (where n == len(s)) is safe because strings are null padded.

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