Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| Given this, which is MacOS X code to fill 'application_support':
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| unsigned char application_support[PATH_MAX + 1];
| OSStatus const status_code =
| FSRefMakePath(&fsref, application_support, PATH_MAX);
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| what's the correct way to create a std::string?
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| std::string(application_support) fails.
Do you know its length?
std::string(application_support, application_support + length);
??
| error: invalid conversion from `unsigned char*' to `const char*'
Hmm... bad type to return imho.
otoh... why is applicaton_support unsigned char in the first place?
what happens if you make it just char[]?
| I think that it's safe to cast, but am I correct?
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| std::string(reinterpret_cast<char const *>(application_support));
We should try to avoid it.
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Lgb
