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doc: update to use NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH
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Update so that doc says to use NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH instead
of -1 to indicate null terminate string.

PR-URL: nodejs/node#16187
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
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mhdawson authored and addaleax committed Oct 18, 2017
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Expand Up @@ -551,10 +551,11 @@ NAPI_NO_RETURN void napi_fatal_error(const char* location,
```

- `[in] location`: Optional location at which the error occurred.
- `[in] location_len`: The length of the location in bytes, or -1 if it is
null-terminated.
- `[in] location_len`: The length of the location in bytes, or
NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH if it is null-terminated.
- `[in] message`: The message associated with the error.
- `[in] message_len`: The length of the message in bytes, or -1 if it is
- `[in] message_len`: The length of the message in bytes, or
NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH if it is
null-terminated.

The function call does not return, the process will be terminated.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1256,8 +1257,8 @@ napi_status napi_create_function(napi_env env,
- `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
- `[in] utf8name`: A string representing the name of the function encoded as
UTF8.
- `[in] length`: The length of the utf8name in bytes, or -1 if it is
null-terminated.
- `[in] length`: The length of the utf8name in bytes, or
NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH if it is null-terminated.
- `[in] cb`: A function pointer to the native function to be invoked when the
created function is invoked from JavaScript.
- `[in] data`: Optional arbitrary context data to be passed into the native
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1489,8 +1490,8 @@ napi_status napi_create_string_latin1(napi_env env,

- `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
- `[in] str`: Character buffer representing a ISO-8859-1-encoded string.
- `[in] length`: The length of the string in bytes, or -1 if it is
null-terminated.
- `[in] length`: The length of the string in bytes, or
NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH if it is null-terminated.
- `[out] result`: A `napi_value` representing a JavaScript String.

Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
Expand All @@ -1514,8 +1515,8 @@ napi_status napi_create_string_utf16(napi_env env,

- `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
- `[in] str`: Character buffer representing a UTF16-LE-encoded string.
- `[in] length`: The length of the string in two-byte code units, or -1 if
it is null-terminated.
- `[in] length`: The length of the string in two-byte code units, or
NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH if it is null-terminated.
- `[out] result`: A `napi_value` representing a JavaScript String.

Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
Expand All @@ -1539,8 +1540,8 @@ napi_status napi_create_string_utf8(napi_env env,

- `[in] env`: The environment that the API is invoked under.
- `[in] str`: Character buffer representing a UTF8-encoded string.
- `[in] length`: The length of the string in bytes, or -1 if it is
null-terminated.
- `[in] length`: The length of the string in bytes, or NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH
if it is null-terminated.
- `[out] result`: A `napi_value` representing a JavaScript String.

Returns `napi_ok` if the API succeeded.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2304,7 +2305,7 @@ status = napi_create_array(env, &arr);
if (status != napi_ok) return status;

// Create a napi_value for 'hello'
status = napi_create_string_utf8(env, "hello", -1, &value);
status = napi_create_string_utf8(env, "hello", NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH, &value);
if (status != napi_ok) return status;

// arr[123] = 'hello';
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2993,7 +2994,7 @@ status = napi_get_named_property(env, global, "MyObject", &constructor);
if (status != napi_ok) return;

// const arg = "hello"
status = napi_create_string_utf8(env, "hello", -1, &arg);
status = napi_create_string_utf8(env, "hello", NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH, &arg);
if (status != napi_ok) return;

napi_value* argv = &arg;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3040,8 +3041,8 @@ napi_status napi_define_class(napi_env env,
- `[in] utf8name`: Name of the JavaScript constructor function; this is
not required to be the same as the C++ class name, though it is recommended
for clarity.
- `[in] length`: The length of the utf8name in bytes, or -1 if it is
null-terminated.
- `[in] length`: The length of the utf8name in bytes, or NAPI_AUTO_LENGTH
if it is null-terminated.
- `[in] constructor`: Callback function that handles constructing instances
of the class. (This should be a static method on the class, not an actual
C++ constructor function.)
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