Re: std::copy unsafe error

From:
Christopher Pisz <nospam@notanaddress.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:04:35 -0500
Message-ID:
<loclkm$m38$1@dont-email.me>
On 6/24/2014 12:14 PM, Victor Bazarov wrote:

On 6/24/2014 12:41 PM, Christopher Pisz wrote:

I am getting an error from std::copy_impl about this being unsafe. Is
there an alternative I can use? Or am I using it incorrectly here? I am
not sure why this would be "unsafe."

void Foo(const std::wstring & text)
{
     // Double NULL required at end
     wchar_t * buffer = new wchar_t[fullyQualifiedPath.size() + 2];
     std::copy(fullyQualifiedPath.begin(), fullyQualifiedPath.end(),
buffer);
     buffer[fullyQualifiedPath.size() ] = L'\0';
     buffer[fullyQualifiedPath.size() + 1] = L'\0';

     // SNIP
}


Not enough information. How is 'fullyQualifiedPath' declared? Also,
consider that you actually don't need to do the .size()] = 0 if you
zero-initialize it using the parentheses:

    ... buffer = new ... + 2]();

What's "std::copy_impl" and how are you "getting an error" from it about
your code "being unsafe"? Be more verbose. Is this a compiler error?
Then provide the compiler output. Is it a run-time error? Then provide
the output of your program.

Is this your first day in c.l.c++?

V


Full listing:

#include <string>
#include <algorithm>

void Foo(const std::wstring & text)
{
     // Double NULL required at end
     wchar_t * buffer = new wchar_t[text.size() + 2];
     std::copy(text.begin(), text.end(), buffer);
     buffer[text.size() ] = L'\0';
     buffer[text.size() + 1] = L'\0';

     // SNIP
}

int main()
{
     std::wstring text = L"blahdedeblahblah";
     return 0;
}

MSVC11.0 gives compiler error:
Error 1 error C4996: 'std::_Copy_impl': Function call with parameters
that may be unsafe - this call relies on the caller to check that the
passed values are correct. To disable this warning, use
-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See documentation on how to use Visual C++
'Checked Iterators' c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio
11.0\vc\include\xutility 2176 Test

I am asking why the compiler believes it to be unsafe, if it is indeed
unsafe, or if there an alternative way I should be using.

I imagine std::copy_impl is microsoft's implementation of std::copy, but
who knows.

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