Difference between revisions of "Void-safe migration guide"

Revision as of 14:09, 5 February 2009

Migrating your code to be void-safe is quite easy if you follow the recommendations presented in this document.

Compile your code using and apply the following refactorings:

Search for callers of {CELL}.default_create and replace it by calling put instead and providing a sensible default value.
Search for callers of {STRING_8}.make_from_c and {STRING_32}.make_from_c. Replace them by make_from_c_pointer when used as creation procedure, otherwise it is ok to leave it as is.
Search for callers of {C_STRING}.share_from_pointer and {C_STRING}.share_from_pointer_and_count and replace them by make_shared_from_pointer and make_shared_from_pointer_and_count when used as creation procedure, otherwise although it is ok to leave them as is, we recommend using set_shared_from_pointer and set_shared_from_pointer_and_count.

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 ==Prepare migration using EiffelStudio 6.3 or EiffelStudio 6.4 with the compatibility option==
 Compile your code using and apply the following refactorings:
-- Search for callers of <e>{STRING_8}.make_from_c</e> and <e>{STRING_32}.make_from_c</e>. Replace them by <e>make_from_c_pointer</e> when used as creation procedure, otherwise it is ok to leave it as is.
+* Search for callers of <e>{CELL}.default_create</e> and replace it by calling <e>put</e> instead and providing a sensible default value.
-- Search for callers of <e>{CELL}.default_create</e> and replace it by calling <e>put</e> instead and providing a sensible default value.
+* Search for callers of <e>{STRING_8}.make_from_c</e> and <e>{STRING_32}.make_from_c</e>. Replace them by <e>make_from_c_pointer</e> when used as creation procedure, otherwise it is ok to leave it as is.
+* Search for callers of <e>{C_STRING}.share_from_pointer</e> and  <e>{C_STRING}.share_from_pointer_and_count</e> and replace them by <e>make_shared_from_pointer</e> and <e>make_shared_from_pointer_and_count</e> when used as creation procedure, otherwise although it is ok to leave them as is, we recommend using <e>set_shared_from_pointer</e> and <e>set_shared_from_pointer_and_count</e>.
 == Compiling in void-safe mode with 6.4 ==