Re: [PATCH 1/2] mingw: get pw_name in UTF-8 format

> Hi Beat,
> 
> On Thu, 4 Jul 2019, Beat Bolli wrote:
> 
>> On 27.06.19 11:37, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
>>> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>>>
>>> Previously, we would have obtained the user name encoded in whatever the
>>> current code page is.
>>>
>>> Note: the "user name" here does not denote the full name but instead the
>>> short logon name.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>>> ---
>>>  compat/mingw.c | 10 ++++++++--
>>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
>>> index 9b6d2400e1..8526876262 100644
>>> --- a/compat/mingw.c
>>> +++ b/compat/mingw.c
>>> @@ -1946,13 +1946,19 @@ struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
>>>  	static unsigned initialized;
>>>  	static char user_name[100];
>>>  	static struct passwd *p;
>>> +	wchar_t buf[100];
>>>  	DWORD len;
>>>
>>>  	if (initialized)
>>>  		return p;
>>>
>>> -	len = sizeof(user_name);
>>> -	if (!GetUserName(user_name, &len)) {
>>> +	len = sizeof(buf);
>>
>> I think this should be "len = sizeof(buf) / sizeof(buf[0])".
>>
>> GetUserNameW() takes the number of characters, not bytes.
> 
> Good catch.
> 
> How about I use `ARRAY_SIZE(buf)`? Since this is already in `next`, I will
> prepare a follow-up patch.

> 
> Ciao,
> Dscho
> 
>>
>>> +	if (!GetUserNameW(buf, &len)) {
>>> +		initialized = 1;
>>> +		return NULL;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	if (xwcstoutf(user_name, buf, sizeof(user_name)) < 0) {
>>>  		initialized = 1;
>>>  		return NULL;
>>>  	}
>>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Beat
>>