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We define a specialization of LLSDParam<const char*> to support passing an LLSD object to a const char* function parameter. Needless to remark, passing object.asString().c_str() would be Bad: destroying the temporary std::string returned by asString() would immediately invalidate the pointer returned by its c_str(). But when you pass LLSDParam<const char*>(object) as the parameter, that specialization itself stores the std::string so the c_str() pointer remains valid as long as the LLSDParam object does. Then there's LLSDParam<LLSD>, used when we don't have the parameter type available to select the LLSDParam specialization. LLSDParam<LLSD> defines a templated conversion operator T() that constructs an LLSDParam<T> to provide the actual parameter value. So far, so good. The trouble was with the implementation of LLSDParam<LLSD>: it constructed a _temporary_ LLSDParam<T>, implicitly called its operator T() and immediately destroyed it. Destroying LLSDParam<const char*> destroyed its stored string, thus invalidating the c_str() pointer before the target function was entered. Instead, make LLSDParam<LLSD>::operator T() capture each LLSDParam<T> it constructs, extending its lifespan to the lifespan of the LLSDParam<LLSD> instance. For this, derive each LLSDParam specialization from LLSDParamBase, a trivial base class that simply establishes the virtual destructor. We can then capture any specialization as a pointer to LLSDParamBase. Also restore LazyEventAPI tests on Mac.
Nat Goodspeed authoredWe define a specialization of LLSDParam<const char*> to support passing an LLSD object to a const char* function parameter. Needless to remark, passing object.asString().c_str() would be Bad: destroying the temporary std::string returned by asString() would immediately invalidate the pointer returned by its c_str(). But when you pass LLSDParam<const char*>(object) as the parameter, that specialization itself stores the std::string so the c_str() pointer remains valid as long as the LLSDParam object does. Then there's LLSDParam<LLSD>, used when we don't have the parameter type available to select the LLSDParam specialization. LLSDParam<LLSD> defines a templated conversion operator T() that constructs an LLSDParam<T> to provide the actual parameter value. So far, so good. The trouble was with the implementation of LLSDParam<LLSD>: it constructed a _temporary_ LLSDParam<T>, implicitly called its operator T() and immediately destroyed it. Destroying LLSDParam<const char*> destroyed its stored string, thus invalidating the c_str() pointer before the target function was entered. Instead, make LLSDParam<LLSD>::operator T() capture each LLSDParam<T> it constructs, extending its lifespan to the lifespan of the LLSDParam<LLSD> instance. For this, derive each LLSDParam specialization from LLSDParamBase, a trivial base class that simply establishes the virtual destructor. We can then capture any specialization as a pointer to LLSDParamBase. Also restore LazyEventAPI tests on Mac.
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