Re: [Vala] Possible but in string.index_of, index_of_char and contains

[Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi tuah ubd edu bn>]

On Wed, 2013-10-16 at 19:45 -0700, Evan Nemerson wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-10-17 at 09:19 +0800, Nor Jaidi Tuah wrote:
> > > "ABC".index_of_char('\x00'):  0
> >
> > This looks like a bug. But why should
> > you want to search for \x00 ?
>
> string.index_of_char is basically a wrapper around g_utf8_strchr.  I
> guess g_utf8_strchr could return null if c==0, but it does feel a bit
> ridiculous.  If you feel strongly about it you can file a bug against
> glib.

I thought it should return -1.
But this is a very very very minor bug.
I can't think of a reason to search for \x00
(Any program searching for \0 in a string
must have a serious bug somewhere)
So, getting this fixed really gains nothing.

Nice day
Nor Jaidi Tuah





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