Holger Brunn wrote: >>Is this the complete patch now? I still suggest adding a copy ctor (which >>should word like operator= without freeing).. > > > The copy constructor is added with the patch from an older posting > (vdr-cstring-copyctor.diff). Just to make sure I'm not missing anything, here's what I've adopted now: --- tools.h 2005/11/05 10:54:39 1.83 +++ tools.h 2005/11/26 14:03:47 @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ char *s; public: cString(const char *S = NULL, bool TakePointer = false); + cString(const cString &String); virtual ~cString(); operator const char * () const { return s; } // for use in (const char *) context const char * operator*() const { return s; } // for use in (const void *) context (printf() etc.) --- tools.c 2005/11/04 16:33:18 1.103 +++ tools.c 2005/11/26 14:12:31 @@ -527,6 +527,11 @@ s = TakePointer ? (char *)S : S ? strdup(S) : NULL; } +cString::cString(const cString &String) +{ + s = String.s ? strdup(String.s) : NULL; +} + cString::~cString() { free(s); @@ -534,6 +539,8 @@ cString &cString::operator=(const cString &String) { + if (this == &String) + return *this; free(s); s = String.s ? strdup(String.s) : NULL; return *this; Klaus