Re: A problematic combination of malloc and getCharacters.

• Subject: Re: A problematic combination of malloc and getCharacters.
• From: "stephen joseph butler" <email@hidden>
• Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:09:00 -0500
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On 10/24/07, deepak gopal <email@hidden> wrote:
> 1 - (BOOL)performChange  {
> 2  char **plistArgs = (char **) malloc(3 *sizeof(char*));
> 3  NSString *shell = @"/bin/sh";
>
> 4  char *plistScript = (char *) malloc([copyPlistScript_ length]*sizeof(unichar));
> 5  [copyPlistScript_ getCharacters:(unichar *) plistScript];
>
> 6  char *garage = (char *) malloc([garage_ lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding]);
> 7  [garage_ getCharacters:(unichar *) garage];

a) sizeof(unichar) != sizeof(char)

b) a unichar string is very different from a char string.

c) posix functions don't accept unichar's.

d) <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Strings/Articles/ManipulatingPaths.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000152>
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