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Re: [PATCHv2] Handle overlength strings in C++ FE
On 08/30/18 00:17, Jason Merrill wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Bernd Edlinger
> <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>> This is an alternative approach to handle overlength strings in the C++ FE.
>>
>> The difference to the previous version is that overlength
>> STRING_CST never have a longer TREE_STRING_LENGTH than the TYPE_DOMAIN.
>> And those STRING_CSTs are thus no longer zero terminated.
>>
>> Bootstrapped and reg-tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
>> Is it OK for trunk?
>
>> + *value_ptr = len1++;
>
> Is a trailing NUL actually needed for this data structure, given that
> the length is explicitly provided? If it is, you also need to add one
> at the end of the buffer.
>
No, it's not needed.
So I'll drop that hunk.
Bernd.