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  • MozzieM Mozzie

    @Christian-Ehrlicher
    Thank you very much, and thank other replyer.
    I think i understand your reply, and I do fogot the temp object , maybe because I also use java a lot.

    and i alse have a few questions:

    1. where is the temp object in memory, stack or heap or somewhere else.
    2. if it is on stack, it can not remain until the stack is finished
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    Christian Ehrlicher
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    #21

    @Mozzie said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

    where is the temp object in memory, stack or heap or somewhere else.

    It's on the stack since you did not allocate it with new

    if it is on stack, it can not remain until the stack is finished

    No, this is not allowed since it's unnamed.

    It's also not c++ specific - you can do the same (in a little bit more obvious way) in C:

    int *myPtr = nullptr;
    {
      int a = 3;
      myPtr = &a;
      printf("%d\n", *myPtr);   // works fine
    }
    printf("%d\n", *myPtr);   // works on garbage and may eat kitten
    

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    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

      @Mozzie said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

      where is the temp object in memory, stack or heap or somewhere else.

      It's on the stack since you did not allocate it with new

      if it is on stack, it can not remain until the stack is finished

      No, this is not allowed since it's unnamed.

      It's also not c++ specific - you can do the same (in a little bit more obvious way) in C:

      int *myPtr = nullptr;
      {
        int a = 3;
        myPtr = &a;
        printf("%d\n", *myPtr);   // works fine
      }
      printf("%d\n", *myPtr);   // works on garbage and may eat kitten
      
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      wrote on last edited by JonB
      #22

      @Christian-Ehrlicher said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

      int *myPtr = nullptr;

      Never heard of nullptr in C ;-) NULL was much nicer to read anyway.

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      • JonBJ JonB

        @aha_1980
        Wow, OK, yes, I need to read! My problem is I have been "spoiled" by using C# and then Python/PyQt/PySide2 for so long now that I rarely have to think about this!

        So let's take a basic, if my C++ holds up. If I write a function

        QByteArray func()
        {
            QByteArray qb;
            return qb;
        }
        

        does that return such a "temporary object"? And that would be true for any class/struct I decalred and then returned in that fashion?

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        • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

          @Mozzie said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

          where is the temp object in memory, stack or heap or somewhere else.

          It's on the stack since you did not allocate it with new

          if it is on stack, it can not remain until the stack is finished

          No, this is not allowed since it's unnamed.

          It's also not c++ specific - you can do the same (in a little bit more obvious way) in C:

          int *myPtr = nullptr;
          {
            int a = 3;
            myPtr = &a;
            printf("%d\n", *myPtr);   // works fine
          }
          printf("%d\n", *myPtr);   // works on garbage and may eat kitten
          
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          Mozzie
          wrote on last edited by
          #24

          @Christian-Ehrlicher
          thanks, it helped a lot.
          and i have a hunch

          {//main stack
          	QString s = "hello world";
          	char* p = nullptr;
          	{// toUtf8()
          		QByteArray b = s.toUtf8();
          		{// data();
          			p = b.data();
          			qDebug() << p; // does this is same as "qDebug() << s.toUtf8().data();"
          		}
          	}
          	// b is freed
          	qDebug() << p; // this is same as "char * p = s.toUtf8().data(); qDebug() << p;"
          }
          

          does this right?

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          • JonBJ JonB

            @Christian-Ehrlicher said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

            int *myPtr = nullptr;

            Never heard of nullptr in C ;-) NULL was much nicer to read anyway.

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            Mozzie
            wrote on last edited by
            #25

            @JonB
            nullptr is a c++11 key word, you can still use NULL, but NULL is defined as 0, sometimes it may cause some problem.

            such as:

            
            void test(int *p)
            {
            	qDebug() << "int *";
            }
            void test(int i)
            {
            	qDebug() << "int";
            }
            test(NULL);
            test(nullptr);
            

            output

            int
            int *
            
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            • MozzieM Mozzie

              @JonB
              nullptr is a c++11 key word, you can still use NULL, but NULL is defined as 0, sometimes it may cause some problem.

              such as:

              
              void test(int *p)
              {
              	qDebug() << "int *";
              }
              void test(int i)
              {
              	qDebug() << "int";
              }
              test(NULL);
              test(nullptr);
              

              output

              int
              int *
              
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              JonB
              wrote on last edited by JonB
              #26

              @Mozzie
              I know this :) That's why I was picking @Christian-Ehrlicher on his use of nullptr in his C program, it was just intended for amusement ;-)

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              • MozzieM Mozzie

                @Christian-Ehrlicher
                thanks, it helped a lot.
                and i have a hunch

                {//main stack
                	QString s = "hello world";
                	char* p = nullptr;
                	{// toUtf8()
                		QByteArray b = s.toUtf8();
                		{// data();
                			p = b.data();
                			qDebug() << p; // does this is same as "qDebug() << s.toUtf8().data();"
                		}
                	}
                	// b is freed
                	qDebug() << p; // this is same as "char * p = s.toUtf8().data(); qDebug() << p;"
                }
                

                does this right?

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                @Mozzie said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

                does this right?

                Yes, exactly.

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                • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                  @Mozzie said in can not print correctly after convert QString to char *:

                  does this right?

                  Yes, exactly.

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                  Mozzie
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #28

                  @Christian-Ehrlicher
                  thanks.

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