ARCed.Scintilla.Utilities.GetZeroTerminatedBytes C# (CSharp) Method

        public static byte[] GetZeroTerminatedBytes(string text, Encoding encoding)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
                return new byte[] { 0 };

            // This should be a little less wasteful than simply appending
            // a null terminator to the string and then converting it
            int byteCount = encoding.GetByteCount(text);
            var buffer = new byte[byteCount + 1];

            unsafe
            {
                fixed (byte* bp = buffer)
                fixed (char* ch = text)
                {
                    int count = encoding.GetBytes(ch, text.Length, bp, byteCount);
                    Debug.Assert(count == byteCount);
                }
            }

            // And the end cap...
            buffer[buffer.Length - 1] = 0;
            return buffer;
        }