Re: [AGGREGATED PATCH] Fix in-place editing functions in convert.c

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Oct 5, 2007, 19:33 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710051232300.23684@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <37fcd2780710051227n96d29a9v543831ca8292c862@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Dmitry Potapov wrote:

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> On the other hand, I don't see what is the problem with using C string
> routines with it. ::data() returns a pointer and :capacity () returns
> allocated size of the buffer. ::resize() changes the size of the string.
> If you need a greater allocated size, you can use ::reserve().
> Or did I miss something?

No, you didn't miss anything. Except for the fact that the original point was that it's just a damn lot simpler and more straightforward to code just using "sb->buf" for the data. IOW, go back two or three emails in the thread.

		Linus