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Comment truncates mid-character

Code reviewCode quality & reviewMid–Senior~18 min

Review this Python function that truncates a user comment to fit a 100-byte DB column and streams it.

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1def truncate_comment(text: str, max_bytes: int = 100) -> bytes:

2 encoded = text.encode("utf-8")

3 if len(encoded) <= max_bytes:

4 return encoded

5 return encoded[:max_bytes]

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