80522 - Single byte version of CopyUnicodeTo() needed.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Johnny Stenback (:jst)]

I ran into some code where I'd like to use a char version of the CopyUnicodeTo()
function in the string library, specifically the one that copies the data
between two iterators, here's what I'd like to have:

void 
CopyUTF8To( const nsReadingIterator<char>& aSrcStart,
            const nsReadingIterator<char>& aSrcEnd,
            nsACString& aDest )
  {
    nsWritingIterator<char> writer;
    aDest.SetLength(Distance(aSrcStart, aSrcEnd));
    aDest.BeginWriting(writer);
    nsReadingIterator<char> fromBegin(aSrcStart);

    copy_string(fromBegin, aSrcEnd, writer);
  }

Comment 1

[Scott Collins]

giving up ancient string bugs to the new string owner.  jag, you'll want to sort
through these and see which ones still apply and go with or against the
direction in which you intend strings evolve