new string method in 2.5 (partition)

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.354.1158791333.10491.python-list at python.org>, Gabriel
Genellina wrote:

> ... a python string has both a length *and* a null terminator (for
> ease of interfacing C routines ...

How does that work for strings with embedded nulls? Or are the C routines
simply fooled into seeing a truncated part of the string?