some string we got from the lexer is null-terminated
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@28137
/* 1999-02-27 mjd@plover.com */
char *p;
p = strchr(name, '\0');
+ assert(p);
/* The next block assumes the buffer is at least 205 chars
long. At present, it's always at least 256 chars. */
if (p - name > 200) {