From 5a8956d0efa0c20f310ba21d552a4610fd1f325d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flaport <floris.laporte@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:39:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix read_str when str is empty

---
 gds21/src/read.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gds21/src/read.rs b/gds21/src/read.rs
index a595773..c56c2df 100644
--- a/gds21/src/read.rs
+++ b/gds21/src/read.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ where
         self.source.read_exact(data)?;
         // Strip optional end-of-string chars
         let len = data.len();
+        if len == 0 {
+            return Ok("".to_string());
+        }
         if data[len - 1] == 0x00 {
             data = &mut data[0..len - 1];
         }