Hi, It's now filed as bug #687444
/Nicklas On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 17:56 -0300, Rodrigo Kumpera wrote: > Please file a bug report so this bug isn't forgotten. > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Nicklas Overgaard <nick...@isharp.dk> > wrote: > Hi again, > > The previously attached patch does not apply for some reason. > A new one > is attached here. > > Sorry about that. > > /Nicklas > > > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 18:05 +0200, Nicklas Overgaard wrote: > > Hi mono devers! > > > > I discovered a bug in String.Compare when using a UTF8 > string created > > from a byte array with a zero-byte at the end. It's > converted to the > > same string on both .net and mono, however, String.Compare > on .net is > > different from String.Compare on mono. > > > > The issue is the following: > > > > Mono reports "1" on the string compare, signaling that the > converted > > string is "larger" than the hard-coded string I compare it > to. And it > > kinda is - the byte array is converted to "%EOF\0" and the > hardcoded > > string is just "%EOF" - but .net manages to ignore the '\0' > when doing > > the compare, which results in "0" (equal strings). > > > > Attached is a patch, which adds a test-case to > > 'mcs/class/corlib/Test/System' which shows the issue - > > "CompareNotWorking3" to follow the lingo :) > > > > I have tried to track the issue down myself in > String.Compare, but I > > gave up due to the complexity of the underlying code. > > > > As a final note, I'm running with UTF8 culture on my Linux > box, where > > the issue is showing up. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Nicklas Overgaard > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mono-devel-list mailing list > > Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-devel-list mailing list > Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-devel-list mailing list > Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list