From 155ab56cc63d775cca77d7bedbcac6ee65558818 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:33:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] std.zig.readSourceFileToEndAlloc: avoid resizing

+1 on the ensure total capacity to account for the fact that we add a
null byte before returning.

thanks matklad
---
 lib/std/zig.zig | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index d113129b7e..51eac1b0a6 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ pub fn readSourceFileToEndAlloc(gpa: Allocator, file_reader: *std.fs.File.Reader
 
     if (file_reader.getSize()) |size| {
         const casted_size = std.math.cast(u32, size) orelse return error.StreamTooLong;
-        try buffer.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, casted_size);
+        // +1 to avoid resizing for the null byte added in toOwnedSliceSentinel below.
+        try buffer.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, casted_size + 1);
     } else |_| {}
 
     try file_reader.interface.appendRemaining(gpa, .@"2", &buffer, .limited(max_src_size));