A string literal "abc" contains a terminating \0, so that is 4
bytes. There is no need to write "abc\0" unless two terminating
\0s are necessary.
std::string objects do not internally contain a terminating \0, so
std::string("abc") creates a string with size 3 and is the same as
std::string("abc", 3).
In "\01" the 01 part is interpreted as one number (1) and that is
the same as "\1" which is a string like {1, 0} whereas "\0z" is a
string like {0, 'z', 0}. To create a string like {0, '1', 0} one
must use "\0" "1".
Adjust the tests accordingly.
This is a backport of core#20000