long_to_decimal_string_internal() doesn't need to write the final NULL character

diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 73413dd5afb3ae2b272275ce5c1f6c909c048550..24cf1a5f8fbb84dbb417ea798e0877699b10164c 100644 (file)
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,6 @@ long_to_decimal_string_internal(PyObject *aa,
         else                                                          \
             p = (TYPE*)PyUnicode_DATA(str) + strlen;                  \
                                                                       \
-        *p = '\0';                                                    \
         /* pout[0] through pout[size-2] contribute exactly            \
            _PyLong_DECIMAL_SHIFT digits each */                       \
         for (i=0; i < size - 1; i++) {                                \