Function luaS_newlstr

third-party/lua-5.2.4/src/lstring.c:156–164

** new string (with explicit length) */

** new string (with explicit length)
*/
TString *luaS_newlstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
  if (l <= LUAI_MAXSHORTLEN)  /* short string? */
    return internshrstr(L, str, l);
  else {
    if (l + 1 > (MAX_SIZET - sizeof(TString))/sizeof(char))
      luaM_toobig(L);
    return createstrobj(L, str, l, LUA_TLNGSTR, G(L)->seed, NULL);
  }
}


/*