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no need to copy the strings, just reference them

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neingeist 2014-08-23 11:19:16 +02:00
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ohai-const-strings.cpp
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@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ const char** convert_to_c(const std::vector<std::string> strings) {
// Note: perfectly fine to "new" const char*.
const char** strings_c = new const char*[strings.size()+1];
for (size_t i = 0; i < strings.size(); ++i) {
// XXX No need to copy the string here.
char* string_c = new char[strings.at(i).size()+1];
strncpy(string_c, strings.at(i).c_str(), strings.at(i).size()+1);
strings_c[i] = string_c;
// Note: const char** = non-const "array" to const char*, i.e. can modify
// pointers to the strings but not the strings themselves.
strings_c[i] = strings.at(i).c_str();
}
strings_c[strings.size()] = NULL;
@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ const char** convert_to_c(const std::vector<std::string> strings) {
}
void free_c(const char** strings_c) {
for (size_t i = 0; strings_c[i] != NULL; ++i) {
delete[] strings_c[i];
}
delete[] strings_c;
}