///

## Types and validation { #types-and-validation }

These environment variables can only handle text strings, as they are external to Python and have to be compatible with other programs and the rest of the system (and even with different operating systems, as Linux, Windows, macOS).

That means that any value read in Python from an environment variable will be a `str`, and any conversion to a different type or any validation has to be done in code.

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//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
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       * mean that the root itself exists -- consider x:\ on a Windows machine without such a drive
       * -- or even that the caller can create it, but this method makes no such guarantees even for
       * non-root files.
       */
      return;
    }
    parent.mkdirs();
    if (!parent.isDirectory()) {

        // Release must not throw and must zero the supplied array
        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> impl.releaseBuffer(supplied));
        for (byte value : supplied) {
            assertEquals(0, value, "Released buffer must be zeroed even if not cached");
        }

        // Since cache cannot store, getBuffer must create a new buffer of configured size
        byte[] got = impl.getBuffer();
        assertNotNull(got);

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//
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   * generalized escaping for characters.
   *
   * <p>Note that arrays returned by this method must not be modified once they have been returned.
   * However it is acceptable to return the same array multiple times (even for different input
   * characters).
   *
   * @param c the character to escape
   * @return the replacement characters, or {@code null} if no escaping was required
   */

        By asking questions in a structured way (following this) it will be much easier to help you.

        And there's a high chance that you will find the solution along the way and you won't even have to submit it and wait for an answer. 😎

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 *
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package jcifs.internal.smb2.persistent;

import java.io.IOException;