From 0f469cad54264f2f0059df0a88ba63e8dd70b5f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Davis <jtdavis777@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 08:19:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "fix using null string in vector (#7872)" (#8879)

This reverts commit 1cb1c4baeeedfe3bc90d8c4110c889dd17af5ca7.
---
 net/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.cs | 3 +--
 net/FlatBuffers/Table.cs             | 6 +-----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.cs b/net/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.cs
index 3932f4bc3..af0e896eb 100644
--- a/net/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.cs
+++ b/net/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.cs
@@ -438,8 +438,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
             if (off > Offset)
                 throw new ArgumentException();
 
-            if (off != 0)
-                off = Offset - off + sizeof(int);
+            off = Offset - off + sizeof(int);
             PutInt(off);
         }
 
diff --git a/net/FlatBuffers/Table.cs b/net/FlatBuffers/Table.cs
index 5dde28e95..254768245 100644
--- a/net/FlatBuffers/Table.cs
+++ b/net/FlatBuffers/Table.cs
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ namespace Google.FlatBuffers
         // Create a .NET String from UTF-8 data stored inside the flatbuffer.
         public string __string(int offset)
         {
-            int stringOffset = bb.GetInt(offset);
-            if (stringOffset == 0)
-                return null;
-
-            offset += stringOffset;
+            offset += bb.GetInt(offset);
             var len = bb.GetInt(offset);
             var startPos = offset + sizeof(int);
             return bb.GetStringUTF8(startPos, len);