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Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++

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Tobias Müller <troplin@bluewin.ch> writes:
>>>  Returning unmanaged allocated memory from a function is a BAD
>>> idea and should always be avoided.
>> 
>> Wow, that's a bit strong.  Given that the OP code is essentially C,
>> this is a long accepted idiom in pure C.  I totally agree that this
>> is error prone and that there are better ways but always be avoided
>> is a bit OTT (even if the OP code is a bit OT and should really be
>> in comp.language.c is he really doesn't want to use C++).
>
> I think in C it is much more common to pass a target buffer as parameter
> and returning the number of chars written to that buffer, like:

That's the usual "ye olde" C style, but malloc'd returned buffers seem
increasingly common in modern code...

-miles

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Don't forget to question me."
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Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Mike Semko <msemko@gmail.com> - 2012-04-24 16:06 -0700
  Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-25 11:16 +1200
    Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Mike Semko <msemko@gmail.com> - 2012-04-24 16:38 -0700
      Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-25 12:08 +1200
        Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Mike Semko <msemko@gmail.com> - 2012-04-24 17:32 -0700
          Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-25 12:35 +1200
            Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Mike Semko <msemko@gmail.com> - 2012-04-24 17:45 -0700
              Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Old Wolf <oldwolf@inspire.net.nz> - 2012-05-06 22:50 -0700
      Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-04-24 22:58 -0500
  Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-25 00:00 +0000
    Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-25 12:11 +1200
      Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2012-04-25 14:51 +0000
        Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-04-26 07:52 +0000
          Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2012-04-26 10:47 +0000
            Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2012-04-26 11:04 +0000
            Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Tobias Müller <troplin@bluewin.ch> - 2012-04-26 18:43 +0000
              Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-27 05:40 +0900
    Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2012-04-25 10:28 +0900
  Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-26 23:50 -0400
    Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ Pavel <pauldontspamtolk@removeyourself.dontspam.yahoo> - 2012-04-28 09:46 -0400
  Re: Search and replace c-style strings in c++ "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@netscum.invalid> - 2012-05-06 20:03 +0000

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