Re: [Crystal-develop] Slight problem with csString::Clear()

[Jorrit T. <jor...@gm...>]

So you propose to change the documentation instead?

Greetings,

On Feb 13, 2008 3:45 PM, res <re...@gm...> wrote:
> On 13.02.2008 15:34, Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:
> > The documentation of csString::Clear() states:
> >
> >   /**
> >    * Clear the string (so that it contains only a null terminator).
> >    */
> >
> > However in the implementation it will not do that if the string happens
> > to be NULL (null pointer). In that case nothing happens.
> >
> > So the documentation doesn't reflect the actual implementation. Either
> > we fix the documentation or else the implementation. I would think that
> > it would be better to fix the implementation but that's a change of
> > behaviour.
>
> The reason is that Empty() ultimatively uses Truncate(0), but "if the
> string had already represented a null-pointer, in which case it will
> continue to represent a null-pointer after truncation."
>
> -f.r.
>
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