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diff --git a/src/qt3support/tools/q3cstring.cpp b/src/qt3support/tools/q3cstring.cpp
index ac6b4d1..10bdd70 100644
--- a/src/qt3support/tools/q3cstring.cpp
+++ b/src/qt3support/tools/q3cstring.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
/****************************************************************************
**
** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
-** All rights reserved.
** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
**
** This file is part of the Qt3Support module of the Qt Toolkit.
@@ -21,9 +20,10 @@
** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
**
-** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
-** rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
-** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
+** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain
+** additional rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL
+** Exception version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this
+** package.
**
** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
@@ -77,11 +77,23 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
and '\0' (NUL byte) terminated; otherwise the results are
undefined.
- A Q3CString that has not been assigned to anything is \e null, i.e.
- both the length and the data pointer is 0. A Q3CString that
- references the empty string ("", a single '\0' char) is \e empty.
- Both null and empty Q3CStrings are legal parameters to the methods.
- Assigning \c{const char *} 0 to Q3CString produces a null Q3CString.
+ A default constructed Q3CString is \e null, i.e. both the length
+ and the data pointer are 0 and isNull() returns true.
+
+ \note However, if you ask for the data pointer of a null Q3CString
+ by calling data(), then because the internal representation of the
+ null Q3CString is shared, it will be detached and replaced with a
+ non-shared, empty representation, a non-null data pointer will be
+ returned, and subsequent calls to isNull() will return false. But
+ if you ask for the data pointer of a null Q3CString by calling
+ constData(), the shared internal representation is not detached, a
+ null data pointer is returned, and subsequent calls to isNull()
+ will continue to return true.
+
+ A Q3CString that references the empty string ("", a single '\0'
+ char) is \e empty, i.e. isEmpty() returns true. Both null and
+ empty Q3CStrings are legal parameters to the methods. Assigning
+ \c{const char *} 0 to Q3CString produces a null Q3CString.
The length() function returns the length of the string; resize()
resizes the string and truncate() truncates the string. A string
@@ -321,6 +333,16 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
Returns true if the string is null, i.e. if data() == 0; otherwise
returns false. A null string is also an empty string.
+ \note If you ask for the data pointer of a null Q3CString by
+ calling data(), then because the internal representation of the
+ null Q3CString is shared, it will be detached and replaced with a
+ non-shared, empty representation, a non-null data pointer will be
+ returned, and subsequent calls to isNull() will return false. But
+ if you ask for the data pointer of a null Q3CString by calling
+ constData(), the shared internal representation is not detached, a
+ null data pointer is returned, and subsequent calls to isNull()
+ will continue to return true.
+
Example:
\snippet doc/src/snippets/code/src.qt3support.tools.q3cstring.cpp 1