This method allows callers to output strings with specific lengths.
It's useful both for strings with embedded NULs (which JSON can
represent, though parser support is apparently spotty), and
non-terminated strings.
---
 sprinter-json.c |   11 +++++++++--
 sprinter-text.c |   11 +++++++++--
 sprinter.h      |    1 +
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sprinter-json.c b/sprinter-json.c
index 4649655..2587ca6 100644
--- a/sprinter-json.c
+++ b/sprinter-json.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ json_end (struct sprinter *sp)
 }
 
 static void
-json_string (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val)
+json_string_len (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val, size_t len)
 {
     static const char *const escapes[] = {
 	['\"'] = "\\\"", ['\\'] = "\\\\", ['\b'] = "\\b",
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ json_string (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val)
     struct sprinter_json *spj = json_begin_value (sp);
 
     fputc ('"', spj->stream);
-    for (; *val; ++val) {
+    for (; len; ++val, --len) {
 	unsigned char ch = *val;
 	if (ch < ARRAY_SIZE (escapes) && escapes[ch])
 	    fputs (escapes[ch], spj->stream);
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ json_string (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val)
 }
 
 static void
+json_string (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val)
+{
+    json_string_len (sp, val, strlen (val));
+}
+
+static void
 json_integer (struct sprinter *sp, int val)
 {
     struct sprinter_json *spj = json_begin_value (sp);
@@ -166,6 +172,7 @@ sprinter_json_create (const void *ctx, FILE *stream)
 	    .begin_list = json_begin_list,
 	    .end = json_end,
 	    .string = json_string,
+	    .string_len = json_string_len,
 	    .integer = json_integer,
 	    .boolean = json_boolean,
 	    .null = json_null,
diff --git a/sprinter-text.c b/sprinter-text.c
index b208840..dfa54b5 100644
--- a/sprinter-text.c
+++ b/sprinter-text.c
@@ -25,14 +25,20 @@ struct sprinter_text {
 };
 
 static void
-text_string (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val)
+text_string_len (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val, size_t len)
 {
     struct sprinter_text *sptxt = (struct sprinter_text *) sp;
 
     if (sptxt->current_prefix != NULL)
 	fprintf (sptxt->stream, "%s:", sptxt->current_prefix);
 
-    fputs(val, sptxt->stream);
+    fwrite (val, len, 1, sptxt->stream);
+}
+
+static void
+text_string (struct sprinter *sp, const char *val)
+{
+    text_string_len (sp, val, strlen (val));
 }
 
 static void
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ sprinter_text_create (const void *ctx, FILE *stream)
 	    .begin_list = text_begin_list,
 	    .end = text_end,
 	    .string = text_string,
+	    .string_len = text_string_len,
 	    .integer = text_integer,
 	    .boolean = text_boolean,
 	    .null = text_null,
diff --git a/sprinter.h b/sprinter.h
index 6680d41..826a852 100644
--- a/sprinter.h
+++ b/sprinter.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ typedef struct sprinter {
      * For string, the char * must be UTF-8 encoded.
      */
     void (*string) (struct sprinter *, const char *);
+    void (*string_len) (struct sprinter *, const char *, size_t);
     void (*integer) (struct sprinter *, int);
     void (*boolean) (struct sprinter *, notmuch_bool_t);
     void (*null) (struct sprinter *);
-- 
1.7.10