# Annotations # =========== # # This file contains a list of miscellaneous annotations. # An entry has the following tags: # * OS: the concerned "operating system" (BeOS R5, OBOS POSIX) # * Module: the concerned class or file # * Location: a more precise location, e.g. a function # * Description: a description of the item OS: BeOS R5 Module: BEntry Location: BEntry(const BDirectory*, const char*), SetTo(const BDirectory*, const char*) Description: Crash when passing a NULL BDirectory. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BEntry Location: MoveTo() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL BDirectory. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BPath Location: BPath(const BDirectory*, const char*, bool), SetTo(const BDirectory*, const char*, bool) Description: Crash when passing a NULL BDirectory. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BPath Location: GetParent() Description: Crashs when called on an uninitialized object or when passing a NULL BPath. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BPath Location: operator==(), operator!=() Description: Uninitialized paths are not equal. An initialized path equals a (const char*)NULL, an uninitialized path does not. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BPath Location: Flatten() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL buffer and doesn't check the buffer size. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BStatable Location: destructor Description: Is not virtual. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BStatable Location: GetAccessTime(), SetAccessTime() Description: Access time unused. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BStatable Location: GetPermissions() Description: Doesn't filter the mode flags, thus not only the permissions are returned. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BStatable Location: Get*() Description: Crash when passing a NULL pointer. OS: OBOS POSIX Module: BStatable Location: SetPermissions/ModificationTime/CreationTime() Description: Don't work due to set_stat(FileDescriptor, StatMember) limitations. OS: OBOS POSIX Module: kernel_interface Location: set_stat(FileDescriptor, StatMember) Description: WSTAT_MODE, WSTAT_*TIME can't be implemented due to missing fchmod()/FD time setters. OS: BeOS R5 Module: libroot Location: fchown() Description: fchown(file, 0xFFFFFFFF, gid) sets the UID to 0xFFFFFFFF, which is a bug. OS: BeOS R5 Module: libroot Location: readdir(), fs_read_attr_dir() Description: The d_reclen field of a dirent structure does not contain the length of the whole structure (unlike stated in BeBook::BEntryList), but only the length of the d_name field. If the terminating '\0' is counted or not seems to depend on the file system. OS: OBOS POSIX Module: kernel_interface Location: read_link(FileDescriptor, char*, size_t) Description: Can't be implemented due to the lack of an FD readlink() version. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BSymLink Location: MakeLinkedPath(const char*, BPath*) Description: The dirPath seems to be converted into a BDirectory, which causes links to be resolved, i.e. a "/tmp" dirPath expands to "/boot/var/tmp". That does also mean, that the dirPath must exists! OS: BeOS R5 Module: BSymLink Location: MakeLinkedPath() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL const char* or BDirectory. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNode Location: GetNextAttrName() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL buffer. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNode Location: Read/WriteAttrString() Description: Crash when passing a NULL BString. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNode Location: Lock() Description: Given two BNode objects initialized to the same node, it is possible to Lock() one of them, although the BeBook says it isn't. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: BDirectory(const node_ref*), SetTo(const node_ref*) Description: Crash when passing a NULL node_ref. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: GetEntry() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL BEntry. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: FindEntry() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL BEntry. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: Contains() Description: If the BDirectory is uninitialized, the const char* version returns true for existing entries, whereas the const BEntry* version returns false. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: Contains(const BEntry*, bool) Description: Crashs when passing a NULL BEntry. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: Contains(const BEntry*, bool) Description: Bug: Tests with a directory, contained file/dir/symlink and the respective node kind (B_FILE_NODE/B_DIRECTORY_NODE/ B_SYMLINK_NODE) result false. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BDirectory Location: GetNextDirents() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL buffer. OS: OBOS Module: BQuery Location: Push*() Description: Return status_t instead of void. Fail, if Fetch() has already been called. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BQuery Location: PushOp() Description: Crashs when pushing B_CONTAINS/B_BEGINS/ENDS_WITH on an empty stack. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BQuery Location: PushUInt64() Description: Doesn't work. Predicates constructed using it are invalid. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BQuery Location: Get/SetPredicate() Description: Crash when passing a NULL BString/char*. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BQuery Location: SetVolume() Description: Crashs when passing a NULL BVolume. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BQuery Location: GetNextEntry/Ref() Description: Crash when passing a NULL BEntry/entry_ref. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: {Get,Set}LongDescription() Description: Crashes when passed a NULL description OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetLongDescription() Description: The contents of the description string are modified even if the function fails. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: SetShortDescription() Description: When passed a NULL description, doesn't crash, but does appear to make the result of following calls to SetShortDescription unreliable (sometimes they work, sometimes they don't). OS: BeOS R5 vs. OBOS Module: BMimeType Location: Description: R5: The maximal MIME string length, BMimeType accepts is B_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH *not* including terminating null. Note, that app_info reserves only B_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH chars for the signature field. OBOS: That's why we support strings that fit into a buffer of size B_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH only. This is consistent with the use of the other *_LENGTH constants. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: SetAppHint() Description: The entry_ref passed to SetAppHint() must be valid but is not required to refer to a file that actually exists; furthermore, if it does exist, the MIME type of the file is not required to match the BMimeType object's type. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: SetIcon() Description: The BBitmap passed to BMimeType::SetIcon() must be in the B_CMAP8 color space, or the application will crash. We should remember to be smarter about this. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetIcon() Description: The BBitmap passed to BMimeType::GetIcon() must be in the B_CMAP8 color space. If not, the call returns B_OK but doesn't actually modify the bitmap. We should remember to be smarter about this. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: IsValid(const char*), GetSupertype(), Contains() Description: Crash when passing NULL. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: {Get,Set}IconForType(char*, BBitmap*, icon_size) Description: Passing NULL as the first parameter is the same as calling {Get,Set}Icon() with the second two parameters (i.e. {gets,sets} the icon for the type itself). OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: SetFileExtensions() Description: Passing a NULL message does not clear the File Extensions field for the MIME type as indicated by the Be Book; instead, it crashes the application :-) OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetFileExtensions() Description: A B_STRING_TYPE field of name "type" is *added* to the result containing the MIME type of the BMimeType object. Since the BMessage passed to SetFileExtensions() appears to be simply flattened into the appropriate attribute, the "type" field is appended to any such "type" fields that may already exist in the original BMessage. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: Install() Description: From the Be Book: "Currently, Install() may return a random value if the object is already installed." OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: Description: MIME Type strings are converted to lowercase before being used as filenames in the MIME database. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: Start/StopWatching() Description: An invalid messenger (BMessenger::Invalid()) is fine as parameter. OS: BeOS R5 Module: Mime.h/cpp Location: get_device_icon() Description: KDL when passing a NULL buffer! OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: CheckSnifferRule() Description: Crashes when passing a NULL rule. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetSnifferRule() Description: Crashes when passing a NULL BString. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: Check/Get/SetSnifferRule() Description: The sniffer rules description in the BeBook deviates considerably from the actual implementation: - + masks - + top level ORs: (patterns...) | (patterns...) | ... - - range overriding: [range1] ([range2]pattern) - either no or complete ranges: (pattern1 | pattern2) or ([range1]pattern1 | [range2]pattern2), but not ([range1]pattern1 | pattern2) - CheckSnifferRule() doesn't check some of the values, e.g. ranges (negative values, or begin > end) or 0 <= priority <= 1. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GuessMimeType(const entry_ref *, BMimeType *) Description: When passing an uninitialized entry_ref, B_OK and "application/octet-stream" are returned. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: SetAttrInfo Description: Crashes when passed a NULL BMessage. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetInstalledTypes(BMessage*) Description: The set of types returned by this function is determined as follows: + All *entries* (files, dirs, or symlinks) in the root MIME database directory treated as MIME types, except those that begin with an underscore; only dirs are treated as supertypes (unless the dir's META:TYPE attribute is different than its filename, in which case it's not treated as a supertype). + For each supertype, all *entries* (files, dirs, or symlinks) in the corresponding supertype subdirectory are treated as a MIME type, except those that begin with an underscore. + The MIME type for supertypes is taken from the name of the supertype subdirectory. + The MIME type for non-supertypes is take from the entry's META:TYPE attribute. If the entry has no META:TYPE attribute, the MIME type is derived by concatentating the name of the supertype directory to the name of the entry, separated by a "/" character. Either way, the MIME string returned is not checked to be valid. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetInstalledTypes(char *super, BMessage*) Description: The set of types returned by this function is determined as follows: + All *entries* (files, dirs, or symlinks) in the MIME database directory corresponding to the "super" argument are treated as subtypes, *except* those whose filenames begin with an underscore. It does not matter if the supertype directory has a META:TYPE attribute or not. + The MIME type is taken from the entry's META:TYPE attribute. If the entry has no such attribute, the MIME type is derived by concatentating the name of the supertype directory (the directory's META:TYPE attribute is ignored if present) to the name of the entry, separated by a "/" character. Either way, the MIME string returned is not checked to be valid. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetInstalledSupertypes(BMessage*) Description: The set of types returned by this function is determined as follows: + All directories in the root MIME database directory are treated as supertypes (even directories beginning with an underscore). + The MIME type is derived from the directory name, which is not checked to be a valid MIME string. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BMimeType Location: GetWildcardApps() Description: This code: BMessage msg; status_t error = BMimeType::GetWildcardApps(&msg); is the same as: BMessage msg; BMimeType mime("application/octet-stream"); status_t error = mime.InitCheck(); if (!error) error = mime.GetSupportingApps(&msg); OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNodeInfo Location: {Set,Get}AppHint() Description: The file attribute the path of the "app hint" application ("BEOS:PPATH") is of type B_MIME_STRING_TYPE instead of B_STRING_TYPE. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNodeInfo Location: GetType() Description: When the string stored in the "BEOS:TYPE" attribute is longer than B_MIME_TYPE_LENGTH, the returned string is one character shorter than the actual string. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNodeInfo Location: GetIcon() Description: Crashes when passing a NULL BBitmap. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BNodeInfo Location: GetIcon() Description: Crashes when getting B_LARGE_ICON and passing a BBitmap with B_RGB32 color space. B_MINI_ICON works just fine. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: GetSupportedTypes() Description: Crashes when passing a NULL BMessage. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: Supports() Description: Crashes when passing a NULL BMimeType. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: SetSupportedTypes(const BMessage *types, bool syncAll) Description: Crashes when passing a NULL BMessage and syncAll = true. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: SetSupportedTypes() Description: Sometimes installs a supported type, also when the file's signature is not installed in the MIME database. This happens e.g. when setting two supported types and then setting two different types. The second of the new types is installed. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: SetSupportedTypes(const BMessage *types) Description: Returns B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND when the file's signature is not installed in the MIME database, although the operation is carried out successfully. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: SetSupportedTypes() Description: Don't check whether the supplied types are valid MIME types. And don't fail, if they are not. OBOS checks them. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: GetIcon(), GetIconForType() Description: Crashes when getting B_LARGE_ICON and passing a BBitmap with B_RGB32 color space. B_MINI_ICON works just fine. OS: BeOS R5 Module: BAppFileInfo Location: GetVersionInfo(), SetVersionInfo() Description: Crash when passing a NULL version_info.