[svn-commits] mmichelson: branch 1.6.2 r246989 - in /branches/1.6.2: ./ include/asterisk/

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Author: mmichelson
Date: Tue Feb 16 15:17:24 2010
New Revision: 246989

URL: http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk?view=rev&rev=246989
Log:
Merged revisions 246985 via svnmerge from 
https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk

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  r246985 | mmichelson | 2010-02-16 15:15:38 -0600 (Tue, 16 Feb 2010) | 3 lines
  
  Add some clarifying documentation to the ast_str_set and ast_str_append functions.
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Modified:
    branches/1.6.2/   (props changed)
    branches/1.6.2/include/asterisk/strings.h

Propchange: branches/1.6.2/
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Modified: branches/1.6.2/include/asterisk/strings.h
URL: http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.6.2/include/asterisk/strings.h?view=diff&rev=246989&r1=246988&r2=246989
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--- branches/1.6.2/include/asterisk/strings.h (original)
+++ branches/1.6.2/include/asterisk/strings.h Tue Feb 16 15:17:24 2010
@@ -337,11 +337,16 @@
  *	ast_str_set_va(&buf, max_len, ap)
  *	ast_str_append_va(&buf, max_len, ap)
  *
- * \param max_len The maximum allowed length, reallocating if needed.
+ * \param max_len The maximum allowed capacity of the ast_str. Note that
+ *  if the value of max_len is less than the current capacity of the
+ *  ast_str (as returned by ast_str_size), then the parameter is effectively
+ *  ignored.
  * 	0 means unlimited, -1 means "at most the available space"
  *
  * \return All the functions return <0 in case of error, or the
- *	length of the string added to the buffer otherwise.
+ *	length of the string added to the buffer otherwise. Note that
+ *	in most cases where an error is returned, characters ARE written
+ *	to the ast_str.
  */
 
 /*! \brief The descriptor of a dynamic string