SendLuaUIMsg Question

[very_bad_soldier]

When I send the following string (9 bytes) via SendLuaUIMsg I end up getting 10 bytes back in the recvFunction. Is it a bug or am I doing anything wrong?
I tried to figure out why AllyCursors-Widgets isnt working anymore (I think since 0.77b5) and noticed this (IMO strange) behavior.

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local msg = "123456789"
Spring.Echo( "Sending: " .. msg:len() )
SendLuaUIMsg( msg,"allies")

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Sending: 9

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function widget:RecvLuaMsg(msg, playerID)
	Spring.Echo( "Receiving: " .. msg:len() )
end

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Receiving: 10

[lurker]

1. Check the changelog or mantis, then start getting really annoying in your calls for 0.78
2. What if you print each character? string.byte to help?

[Peet]

Probably a null-character or a newline.

[jK]

yup, it is a bug and it the reason why AllyCursors isn't working and why the corfus in CA still shows the sphere.
Just wait for the next release of spring.