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Senaka Fernando commented on AXIS2C-1015:
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Hi Bill,
Well it seems that we should rather append the const prefix to the return type,
as you say. But, what if someone has already made it a point to modify the
returned value? Well, I believe that these could rather be documented for the
moment.
The right thing would be to use the const keyword, but, would that lead to a
change in API? I'm not having a clear picture of what should be done.
I'm not so sure what could a modification to a reference, cause to the object
in concern, but, in the case of the URI, we'll be stumped, if someone modifies
a reference. Because all those validations, at the point of parsing are going
to be useless.
Regards,
Senaka
> In axutil_uri, a reference is returned, where a duplicated string should be.
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> Key: AXIS2C-1015
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2C-1015
> Project: Axis2-C
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: util
> Affects Versions: 1.3.0
> Reporter: Senaka Fernando
> Assignee: Senaka Fernando
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> In axutil_uri, a reference is returned, where a duplicated string should be.
> This is because we return axis2_char_t * rather than const axis2_char_t *.
> However, a user is expected to be able modify what is returned, according to
> current api, and thus we must return a cloned copy of the actual string.
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