From kde-devel  Sun May 23 08:49:25 1999
From: Mario Weilguni <mweilguni () sime ! com>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 08:49:25 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: dumb C++ question
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=92744891823713

Am Sun, 23 May 1999 schrieb Stephan Kulow:
>Hi!
>
>What does new int[0]?
>
>In QString (about line 10300) is:
>
>    QChar* result = 0;
>    uint l = 0;
>    if ( str ) {
>        if ( maxlen != (uint)-1 ) {
>            while (str[l] && l < maxlen)
>                l++;
>        } else {
>            // Faster?
>            l = strlen(str);
>        }
>->        QChar *uc = new QChar[l];
>        result = uc;
>        uint i = l;
>        while ( i-- )
>            *uc++ = *str++;
>    }                               
>
>if str == "", then the marked line will
>do new QChar[0]. But what does it return?
>A test said me, it returns something, but
>what does it return? Is it defined? I must
>admit, it's the first time I think about this
>"problem" :)

It returns the smallest block possible, 16 bytes. It need to return something,
to be able to realloc() it lateron.

Mario

>
>Greetings, Stephan
>
>-- 
>Und sie nannten ihn, wie er selbst unterschrieb -
>Den Trojanischen Pferdedieb
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