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From: Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
To: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gcov: Reword comment for gcov_read_string()
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 08:55:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220331065500.25015-1-sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> (raw)

gcc/

	* gcov-io.cc (gcov_read_string): Reword documentation comment.
---
 gcc/gcov-io.cc | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/gcov-io.cc b/gcc/gcov-io.cc
index c2e9e2b6d64..72c40f8eaa0 100644
--- a/gcc/gcov-io.cc
+++ b/gcc/gcov-io.cc
@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ mangle_path (char const *base)
 /* We need to expose the below function when compiling for gcov-tool.  */
 
 #if !IN_LIBGCOV || defined (IN_GCOV_TOOL)
-/* Read string from coverage file. Returns a pointer to a static
-   buffer, or NULL on empty string. You must copy the string before
-   calling another gcov function.  */
+/* Read string from coverage file.  Allocate the buffer for the string
+   from the heap or die.  Return a pointer to the string, or NULL on
+   empty string.  */
 
 GCOV_LINKAGE const char *
 gcov_read_string (void)
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2022-03-31  6:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-31  6:55 Sebastian Huber [this message]
2022-03-31  6:57 ` Martin Liška

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