[vdr] Re: cString operator= with same buffer

[Gunnar Roth]

Clemens Kirchgatterer wrote:

>Holger Brunn <holger.brunn at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
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>>>I think something should be done to fix the "assign cString to
>>>itself" case, even though this is very unlikely. This does go wrong
>>>with the current code, even with the copy constructor added.
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>>>
>>Okay, now as all seems to be said, here is a patch that checks for
>>that case (that may happen when working with references/pointers to
>>cStrings), leaving Klaus with the decision whether it's useful to
>>have it or not.
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>why not just:
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>typedef std::string cString;
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>or:
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>class cString : public std::string { ... };
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>i really can't understand all this messing with a datatype allready
>implemented elsewhere. what is so special about cString that other
>string implementations do not have?
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AFAIR it is because of Klaus disliking standard stuff  like stl, 
utf-8,gettext , ntpl and so on.

regards,
gunnar