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RE: Re[5]: setup-2.243 Crash / Install from Local Directory / WinXP
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "Pavel Tsekov" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 19:47:26 +1000
- Subject: RE: Re[5]: setup-2.243 Crash / Install from Local Directory / WinXP
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Tsekov [mailto:ptsekov@syntrex.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:31 AM
> To: Robert Collins
> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re[5]: setup-2.243 Crash / Install from Local
> Directory / WinXP
>
>
> Hello Robert,
>
> Well, this will fix the problem, but String::substr() will
> still cause a crash if for some reason a NULL pointer is
> passed to it! Btw have you read my mail till the end ?
Yes. The String++ implementation currently uses the <string> std class
to implement substr. From a quick inspection the fault is in the
string() constructor not returning an empty string when NULL is passed
to it.
Rob
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