Re: vector<string> to char*[]

From:
Andrew Wingorodov <mail@andr.ru>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:30:04 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID:
<fdta3s$dul$1@news.rtcomm.ru>
Alf P. Steinbach <alfps@start.no> wrote:

auto_ptr calls delete, whereas you need delete[]. Not that it matters
much in practice for a char array. But formally UB.

When the function returns, the auto_ptr calls delete. As mentioned

Try what I posted earlier, it's safe:


i got it, 10x
but i'm afraid that the vector isn't equiv to the array of poiter to chars

may be this is a better way?

//--code--

    class constchar
    {
    private:
        const char** v;

    public:
        constchar (const std::vector<std::string>& arg_);

        inline virtual ~constchar () { delete [] v; }

        inline operator const char** () const { return v; }

    }; //!class constchar

//
constchar::constchar (const std::vector<std::string>& arg_)
{
    v = new const char* [arg_.size()+1];
    std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = arg_.begin();
    size_t j;

    for (j^=j; i != arg_.end (); ++i)
    {
        v[j++] = (*i).c_str() ;
    }

    v[j] = NULL;
}

int
 main ()
//////.......

    vector<string> argv;
    vector<string> envp;
....
    ::execve (..., constchar (argv), constchar (envp));
    ::spawnve (..., constchar (argv), constchar (envp));

//--code--

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