I'm unironically considering generating text with DEL (U+7F) characters in it. In 2026.

To pad out excess bytes in the middle of a string without having to copy it.

This is probably a bad idea, but the alternatives are:

* Copy the whole thing to remove the extra space. Slow.
* Use NUL (U+0) characters instead. Will probably confuse C code.
* Somehow better predict how much space will be needed without making my API a confusing mess. 😵‍💫

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