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* HACKING: added advice for using g_strdup for a modifiable

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copy of a string.
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2004-09-22 Roland Illig <roland.illig@gmx.de>
* HACKING: added advice for using g_strdup for a modifiable
copy of a string.
2004-09-19 Roland Illig <roland.illig@gmx.de>
* HACKING: added explanation for const_cast.

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@ -296,6 +296,22 @@ const_cast: We use many libraries that do not know about "const char *" and
function does with the string, we should use g_strdup to pass
dynamically allocated strings.
g_free: g_free handles NULL argument too, no need for the comparison.
Bad way:
if (old_dir) g_free (old_dir);
Right way:
g_free (old_dir);
g_strdup: If you use g_strdup to create a local copy of a string, use
the following pattern to keep the reference.
char * const pathref = g_strdup(argument);
/* ... */
g_free (pathref);
The "const" will make the pointer unmodifiable (local_copy++
is not possible), but you can still modify the string contents.
g_strlcpy: Whenever you use this function, be sure to add "glibcompat.h"
to the included headers. This is because in glib-1.2 there is
no such function.
@ -306,9 +322,3 @@ size_t: This data type is suitable for expressing sizes of memory or the
strncpy: Don't use this function in newly created code. It is slow, insecure
and hard to use. A much better alternative is g_strlcpy (see there).
g_free: g_free handles NULL argument too, no need for the comparison.
Bad way:
if (old_dir) g_free (old_dir);
Right way:
g_free (old_dir);