Re: g_utf16_to_utf8

[Hubert Figuiere <hub figuiere net>]

On 04/17/2009 12:56 PM, Fabrício Godoy wrote:
> 2- Has memory leak on method below?
> The generated string from g_utf16_to_utf8 must be freed manually, even when
> stored in a ustring?
>
> Glib::ustring win_NetworkInterface::get_name()
> {
>      Glib::ustring name(g_utf16_to_utf8((gunichar2*)
> this->ifinfo.FriendlyName,
>              -1, NULL, NULL, NULL));
>      return name;
> }

As per the documentation, g_utf16_to_utf8() return an allocated pointer 
that must be freeed. Also the pointer can be NULL (and that might be a 
problem for Glib::ustring).


Glib::ustring never do anything to the pointer it gets passed at 
construction time.

Hub