Hi, I need a small clarification on the apt-pkg library interface: Which methods for comparing strings (like package name, origin or archive) are officially supported (all three seem to work):
- Getting the string via the iterator and using strcmp(). I believe this is the proper way to do it, yet it needs lots of cycles. - Getting the string via the iterator and comparing string pointers using ==. This works as long as the strings are properly interned during cache generation. - Comparing offsets into the string table, e.g. PkgFileIterator->Archive. This depends on the cache implementation and also requires strings to be interned properly. All three methods belong to the "public" interface, but I'm not sure this is intended. TIA, Simon
