[glibmm/glibmm-2-62] Glib::Regex doc: Note that Glib::ustring must be used in match methods



commit d7cc9644e1d75ff3244b01fbeadb27e79e404c03
Author: Kjell Ahlstedt <kjellahlstedt gmail com>
Date:   Fri Nov 22 19:14:25 2019 +0100

    Glib::Regex doc: Note that Glib::ustring must be used in match methods
    
    See issue #66 and MR !25

 glib/src/regex.hg | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/glib/src/regex.hg b/glib/src/regex.hg
index 05558859..1b9eb443 100644
--- a/glib/src/regex.hg
+++ b/glib/src/regex.hg
@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ class MatchInfo;
  * The regular expressions low level functionalities are obtained through the
  * excellent PCRE library written by Philip Hazel.
  *
+ * @note When you call a match() or a match_all() method taking a MatchInfo,
+ * use a Glib::ustring that still exists when you later call MatchInfo methods.
+ * If you call match() or match_all() with a std::string or a string literal,
+ * the method will internally use a temporary copy of the string. The copy will
+ * not exist when you call MatchInfo methods.
+ * @code
+ * Glib::ustring str1 = "String to search through";
+ * regex->match(str1, match_info);
+ * // ...
+ * if (match_info.matches()) // str1 must still exist here
+ * @endcode
+ *
  * @newin{2,14}
  */
 class Regex final


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