Is this an official BOINC policy? I can't find it on http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/CodingStyle
Why does it need to be stated in the function name? Is there a common naming scheme for this kind of documentation? Does this apply to other functions too? Regards Christian On 03.01.2017 17:17, David Anderson wrote: > The policy in BOINC is to minimize dynamic allocation and thus avoid > the complexity of pointer ownership. > We avoid functions that return pointers to allocated memory. > > Exceptions to this should be clearly indicated in the function name, > e.g. read_file_malloc(). > > On 1/3/2017 7:13 AM, Christian Beer wrote: >> On 03.01.2017 15:29, McLeod, John wrote: >>> What about the std::string function c_str? It returns a >>> non-modifiable pointer to the null terminated data in the string? >> This function (std::string::c_str) provides a non-modifiable pointer and >> the pointer is only valid as long as the string exists. So you can't use >> the pointer outside of the context of the string. So the safe_copy() >> function serves two purposes. It copies a string into a new char array >> to make it modifiable and usable outside of the string context. >> >> Another solution would be to only use strings and use c_str() locally >> when it is needed and not pass around pointers to char arrays. >> >> Regards >> Christian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
