1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
index 19a4a7aa..6198e726 100644
--- a/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
+++ b/absl/status/internal/status_internal.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef ABSL_STATUS_INTERNAL_STATUS_INTERNAL_H_
 #define ABSL_STATUS_INTERNAL_STATUS_INTERNAL_H_
 
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ struct StatusRep {
 
   std::atomic<int32_t> ref;
   absl::StatusCode code;
+
+  // As an internal implementation detail, we guarantee that if status.message()
+  // is non-empty, then the resulting string_view is null terminated.
+  // This is required to implement 'StatusMessageAsCStr(...)'
   std::string message;
   std::unique_ptr<status_internal::Payloads> payloads;
 };