src/common/string.cpp

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        string.cpp
   3 // Purpose:     wxString class
   4 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     29/01/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows license
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 #ifdef __GNUG__
  13   #pragma implementation "string.h"
  14 #endif
  15
  16 /*
  17  * About ref counting:
  18  *  1) all empty strings use g_strEmpty, nRefs = -1 (set in Init())
  19  *  2) AllocBuffer() sets nRefs to 1, Lock() increments it by one
  20  *  3) Unlock() decrements nRefs and frees memory if it goes to 0
  21  */
  22
  23 // ===========================================================================
  24 // headers, declarations, constants
  25 // ===========================================================================
  26
  27 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
  28 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
  29
  30 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
  31   #pragma hdrstop
  32 #endif
  33
  34 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
  35   #include "wx/defs.h"
  36   #include "wx/string.h"
  37   #include "wx/intl.h"
  38 #endif
  39
  40 #include <ctype.h>
  41 #include <string.h>
  42 #include <stdlib.h>
  43
  44 #ifdef __SALFORDC__
  45   #include <clib.h>
  46 #endif
  47
  48 #if wxUSE_WCSRTOMBS
  49   #include <wchar.h>    // for wcsrtombs(), see comments where it's used
  50 #endif // GNU
  51
  52 #ifdef  WXSTRING_IS_WXOBJECT
  53   IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxString, wxObject)
  54 #endif  //WXSTRING_IS_WXOBJECT
  55
  56 // allocating extra space for each string consumes more memory but speeds up
  57 // the concatenation operations (nLen is the current string's length)
  58 // NB: EXTRA_ALLOC must be >= 0!
  59 #define EXTRA_ALLOC       (19 - nLen % 16)
  60
  61 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  62 // static class variables definition
  63 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  64
  65 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
  66   const size_t wxString::npos = wxSTRING_MAXLEN;
  67 #endif // wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
  68
  69 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  70 // static data
  71 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  72
  73 // for an empty string, GetStringData() will return this address: this
  74 // structure has the same layout as wxStringData and it's data() method will
  75 // return the empty string (dummy pointer)
  76 static const struct
  77 {
  78   wxStringData data;
  79   char dummy;
  80 } g_strEmpty = { {-1, 0, 0}, '\0' };
  81
  82 // empty C style string: points to 'string data' byte of g_strEmpty
  83 extern const char WXDLLEXPORT *g_szNul = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
  84
  85 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  86 // conditional compilation
  87 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  88
  89 // we want to find out if the current platform supports vsnprintf()-like
  90 // function: for Unix this is done with configure, for Windows we test the
  91 // compiler explicitly.
  92 #ifdef __WXMSW__
  93     #ifdef __VISUALC__
  94         #define wxVsprintf     _vsnprintf
  95     #endif
  96 #else   // !Windows
  97     #ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
  98         #define wxVsprintf       vsnprintf
  99     #endif
 100 #endif  // Windows/!Windows
 101
 102 #ifndef wxVsprintf
 103     // in this case we'll use vsprintf() (which is ANSI and thus should be
 104     // always available), but it's unsafe because it doesn't check for buffer
 105     // size - so give a warning
 106     #define wxVsprintf(buffer,len,format,argptr) vsprintf(buffer,format, argptr)
 107
 108     #if defined(__VISUALC__)
 109         #pragma message("Using sprintf() because no snprintf()-like function defined")
 110     #elif defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__UNIX__)
 111         #warning "Using sprintf() because no snprintf()-like function defined"
 112     #elif defined(__MWERKS__)
 113             #warning "Using sprintf() because no snprintf()-like function defined"
 114     #endif //compiler
 115 #endif // no vsnprintf
 116
 117 #ifdef _AIX
 118   // AIX has vsnprintf, but there's no prototype in the system headers.
 119   extern "C" int vsnprintf(char* str, size_t n, const char* format, va_list ap);
 120 #endif
 121
 122 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 123 // global functions
 124 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 125
 126 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
 127
 128 // MS Visual C++ version 5.0 provides the new STL headers as well as the old
 129 // iostream ones.
 130 //
 131 // ATTN: you can _not_ use both of these in the same program!
 132
 133 istream& operator>>(istream& is, wxString& WXUNUSED(str))
 134 {
 135 #if 0
 136   int w = is.width(0);
 137   if ( is.ipfx(0) ) {
 138     streambuf *sb = is.rdbuf();
 139     str.erase();
 140     while ( true ) {
 141       int ch = sb->sbumpc ();
 142       if ( ch == EOF ) {
 143         is.setstate(ios::eofbit);
 144         break;
 145       }
 146       else if ( isspace(ch) ) {
 147         sb->sungetc();
 148         break;
 149       }
 150
 151       str += ch;
 152       if ( --w == 1 )
 153         break;
 154     }
 155   }
 156
 157   is.isfx();
 158   if ( str.length() == 0 )
 159     is.setstate(ios::failbit);
 160 #endif
 161   return is;
 162 }
 163
 164 #endif  //std::string compatibility
 165
 166 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 167 // private classes
 168 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 169
 170 // this small class is used to gather statistics for performance tuning
 171 //#define WXSTRING_STATISTICS
 172 #ifdef  WXSTRING_STATISTICS
 173   class Averager
 174   {
 175   public:
 176     Averager(const char *sz) { m_sz = sz; m_nTotal = m_nCount = 0; }
 177    ~Averager()
 178    { printf("wxString: average %s = %f\n", m_sz, ((float)m_nTotal)/m_nCount); }
 179
 180     void Add(size_t n) { m_nTotal += n; m_nCount++; }
 181
 182   private:
 183     size_t m_nCount, m_nTotal;
 184     const char *m_sz;
 185   } g_averageLength("allocation size"),
 186     g_averageSummandLength("summand length"),
 187     g_averageConcatHit("hit probability in concat"),
 188     g_averageInitialLength("initial string length");
 189
 190   #define STATISTICS_ADD(av, val) g_average##av.Add(val)
 191 #else
 192   #define STATISTICS_ADD(av, val)
 193 #endif // WXSTRING_STATISTICS
 194
 195 // ===========================================================================
 196 // wxString class core
 197 // ===========================================================================
 198
 199 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 200 // construction
 201 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 202
 203 // constructs string of <nLength> copies of character <ch>
 204 wxString::wxString(char ch, size_t nLength)
 205 {
 206   Init();
 207
 208   if ( nLength > 0 ) {
 209     AllocBuffer(nLength);
 210
 211     wxASSERT( sizeof(char) == 1 );  // can't use memset if not
 212
 213     memset(m_pchData, ch, nLength);
 214   }
 215 }
 216
 217 // takes nLength elements of psz starting at nPos
 218 void wxString::InitWith(const char *psz, size_t nPos, size_t nLength)
 219 {
 220   Init();
 221
 222   wxASSERT( nPos <= Strlen(psz) );
 223
 224   if ( nLength == wxSTRING_MAXLEN )
 225     nLength = Strlen(psz + nPos);
 226
 227   STATISTICS_ADD(InitialLength, nLength);
 228
 229   if ( nLength > 0 ) {
 230     // trailing '\0' is written in AllocBuffer()
 231     AllocBuffer(nLength);
 232     memcpy(m_pchData, psz + nPos, nLength*sizeof(char));
 233   }
 234 }
 235
 236 // the same as previous constructor, but for compilers using unsigned char
 237 wxString::wxString(const unsigned char* psz, size_t nLength)
 238 {
 239   InitWith((const char *)psz, 0, nLength);
 240 }
 241
 242 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
 243
 244 // poor man's iterators are "void *" pointers
 245 wxString::wxString(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd)
 246 {
 247   InitWith((const char *)pStart, 0,
 248            (const char *)pEnd - (const char *)pStart);
 249 }
 250
 251 #endif  //std::string compatibility
 252
 253 // from wide string
 254 wxString::wxString(const wchar_t *pwz)
 255 {
 256   // first get necessary size
 257
 258   // NB: GNU libc5 wcstombs() is completely broken, don't use it (it doesn't
 259   //     honor the 3rd parameter, thus it will happily crash here).
 260 #if wxUSE_WCSRTOMBS
 261   // don't know if it's really needed (or if we can pass NULL), but better safe
 262   // than quick
 263   mbstate_t mbstate;
 264   size_t nLen = wcsrtombs((char *) NULL, &pwz, 0, &mbstate);
 265 #else  // !GNU libc
 266   size_t nLen = wcstombs((char *) NULL, pwz, 0);
 267 #endif // GNU
 268
 269   // empty?
 270   if ( nLen != 0 ) {
 271     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 272     wcstombs(m_pchData, pwz, nLen);
 273   }
 274   else {
 275     Init();
 276   }
 277 }
 278
 279 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 280 // memory allocation
 281 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 282
 283 // allocates memory needed to store a C string of length nLen
 284 void wxString::AllocBuffer(size_t nLen)
 285 {
 286   wxASSERT( nLen >  0         );    //
 287   wxASSERT( nLen <= INT_MAX-1 );    // max size (enough room for 1 extra)
 288
 289   STATISTICS_ADD(Length, nLen);
 290
 291   // allocate memory:
 292   // 1) one extra character for '\0' termination
 293   // 2) sizeof(wxStringData) for housekeeping info
 294   wxStringData* pData = (wxStringData*)
 295     malloc(sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + EXTRA_ALLOC + 1)*sizeof(char));
 296   pData->nRefs        = 1;
 297   pData->nDataLength  = nLen;
 298   pData->nAllocLength = nLen + EXTRA_ALLOC;
 299   m_pchData           = pData->data();  // data starts after wxStringData
 300   m_pchData[nLen]     = '\0';
 301 }
 302
 303 // must be called before changing this string
 304 void wxString::CopyBeforeWrite()
 305 {
 306   wxStringData* pData = GetStringData();
 307
 308   if ( pData->IsShared() ) {
 309     pData->Unlock();                // memory not freed because shared
 310     size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 311     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 312     memcpy(m_pchData, pData->data(), nLen*sizeof(char));
 313   }
 314
 315   wxASSERT( !GetStringData()->IsShared() );  // we must be the only owner
 316 }
 317
 318 // must be called before replacing contents of this string
 319 void wxString::AllocBeforeWrite(size_t nLen)
 320 {
 321   wxASSERT( nLen != 0 );  // doesn't make any sense
 322
 323   // must not share string and must have enough space
 324   wxStringData* pData = GetStringData();
 325   if ( pData->IsShared() || (nLen > pData->nAllocLength) ) {
 326     // can't work with old buffer, get new one
 327     pData->Unlock();
 328     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 329   }
 330   else {
 331     // update the string length
 332     pData->nDataLength = nLen;
 333   }
 334
 335   wxASSERT( !GetStringData()->IsShared() );  // we must be the only owner
 336 }
 337
 338 // allocate enough memory for nLen characters
 339 void wxString::Alloc(size_t nLen)
 340 {
 341   wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 342   if ( pData->nAllocLength <= nLen ) {
 343     if ( pData->IsEmpty() ) {
 344       nLen += EXTRA_ALLOC;
 345
 346       wxStringData* pData = (wxStringData*)
 347         malloc(sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(char));
 348       pData->nRefs = 1;
 349       pData->nDataLength = 0;
 350       pData->nAllocLength = nLen;
 351       m_pchData = pData->data();  // data starts after wxStringData
 352       m_pchData[0u] = '\0';
 353     }
 354     else if ( pData->IsShared() ) {
 355       pData->Unlock();                // memory not freed because shared
 356       size_t nOldLen = pData->nDataLength;
 357       AllocBuffer(nLen);
 358       memcpy(m_pchData, pData->data(), nOldLen*sizeof(char));
 359     }
 360     else {
 361       nLen += EXTRA_ALLOC;
 362
 363       wxStringData *p = (wxStringData *)
 364         realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(char));
 365
 366       if ( p == NULL ) {
 367         // @@@ what to do on memory error?
 368         return;
 369       }
 370
 371       // it's not important if the pointer changed or not (the check for this
 372       // is not faster than assigning to m_pchData in all cases)
 373       p->nAllocLength = nLen;
 374       m_pchData = p->data();
 375     }
 376   }
 377   //else: we've already got enough
 378 }
 379
 380 // shrink to minimal size (releasing extra memory)
 381 void wxString::Shrink()
 382 {
 383   wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 384
 385   // this variable is unused in release build, so avoid the compiler warning by
 386   // just not declaring it
 387 #ifdef __WXDEBUG__
 388   void *p =
 389 #endif
 390   realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (pData->nDataLength + 1)*sizeof(char));
 391
 392   wxASSERT( p != NULL );  // can't free memory?
 393   wxASSERT( p == pData ); // we're decrementing the size - block shouldn't move!
 394 }
 395
 396 // get the pointer to writable buffer of (at least) nLen bytes
 397 char *wxString::GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
 398 {
 399   AllocBeforeWrite(nLen);
 400
 401   wxASSERT( GetStringData()->nRefs == 1 );
 402   GetStringData()->Validate(FALSE);
 403
 404   return m_pchData;
 405 }
 406
 407 // put string back in a reasonable state after GetWriteBuf
 408 void wxString::UngetWriteBuf()
 409 {
 410   GetStringData()->nDataLength = strlen(m_pchData);
 411   GetStringData()->Validate(TRUE);
 412 }
 413
 414 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 415 // data access
 416 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 417
 418 // all functions are inline in string.h
 419
 420 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 421 // assignment operators
 422 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 423
 424 // helper function: does real copy
 425 void wxString::AssignCopy(size_t nSrcLen, const char *pszSrcData)
 426 {
 427   if ( nSrcLen == 0 ) {
 428     Reinit();
 429   }
 430   else {
 431     AllocBeforeWrite(nSrcLen);
 432     memcpy(m_pchData, pszSrcData, nSrcLen*sizeof(char));
 433     GetStringData()->nDataLength = nSrcLen;
 434     m_pchData[nSrcLen] = '\0';
 435   }
 436 }
 437
 438 // assigns one string to another
 439 wxString& wxString::operator=(const wxString& stringSrc)
 440 {
 441   wxASSERT( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 442
 443   // don't copy string over itself
 444   if ( m_pchData != stringSrc.m_pchData ) {
 445     if ( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsEmpty() ) {
 446       Reinit();
 447     }
 448     else {
 449       // adjust references
 450       GetStringData()->Unlock();
 451       m_pchData = stringSrc.m_pchData;
 452       GetStringData()->Lock();
 453     }
 454   }
 455
 456   return *this;
 457 }
 458
 459 // assigns a single character
 460 wxString& wxString::operator=(char ch)
 461 {
 462   AssignCopy(1, &ch);
 463   return *this;
 464 }
 465
 466 // assigns C string
 467 wxString& wxString::operator=(const char *psz)
 468 {
 469   AssignCopy(Strlen(psz), psz);
 470   return *this;
 471 }
 472
 473 // same as 'signed char' variant
 474 wxString& wxString::operator=(const unsigned char* psz)
 475 {
 476   *this = (const char *)psz;
 477   return *this;
 478 }
 479
 480 wxString& wxString::operator=(const wchar_t *pwz)
 481 {
 482   wxString str(pwz);
 483   *this = str;
 484   return *this;
 485 }
 486
 487 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 488 // string concatenation
 489 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 490
 491 // add something to this string
 492 void wxString::ConcatSelf(int nSrcLen, const char *pszSrcData)
 493 {
 494   STATISTICS_ADD(SummandLength, nSrcLen);
 495
 496   // concatenating an empty string is a NOP
 497   if ( nSrcLen > 0 ) {
 498     wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 499     size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 500     size_t nNewLen = nLen + nSrcLen;
 501
 502     // alloc new buffer if current is too small
 503     if ( pData->IsShared() ) {
 504       STATISTICS_ADD(ConcatHit, 0);
 505
 506       // we have to allocate another buffer
 507       wxStringData* pOldData = GetStringData();
 508       AllocBuffer(nNewLen);
 509       memcpy(m_pchData, pOldData->data(), nLen*sizeof(char));
 510       pOldData->Unlock();
 511     }
 512     else if ( nNewLen > pData->nAllocLength ) {
 513       STATISTICS_ADD(ConcatHit, 0);
 514
 515       // we have to grow the buffer
 516       Alloc(nNewLen);
 517     }
 518     else {
 519       STATISTICS_ADD(ConcatHit, 1);
 520
 521       // the buffer is already big enough
 522     }
 523
 524     // should be enough space
 525     wxASSERT( nNewLen <= GetStringData()->nAllocLength );
 526
 527     // fast concatenation - all is done in our buffer
 528     memcpy(m_pchData + nLen, pszSrcData, nSrcLen*sizeof(char));
 529
 530     m_pchData[nNewLen] = '\0';              // put terminating '\0'
 531     GetStringData()->nDataLength = nNewLen; // and fix the length
 532   }
 533   //else: the string to append was empty
 534 }
 535
 536 /*
 537  * concatenation functions come in 5 flavours:
 538  *  string + string
 539  *  char   + string      and      string + char
 540  *  C str  + string      and      string + C str
 541  */
 542
 543 wxString operator+(const wxString& string1, const wxString& string2)
 544 {
 545   wxASSERT( string1.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 546   wxASSERT( string2.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 547
 548   wxString s = string1;
 549   s += string2;
 550
 551   return s;
 552 }
 553
 554 wxString operator+(const wxString& string, char ch)
 555 {
 556   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 557
 558   wxString s = string;
 559   s += ch;
 560
 561   return s;
 562 }
 563
 564 wxString operator+(char ch, const wxString& string)
 565 {
 566   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 567
 568   wxString s = ch;
 569   s += string;
 570
 571   return s;
 572 }
 573
 574 wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const char *psz)
 575 {
 576   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 577
 578   wxString s;
 579   s.Alloc(Strlen(psz) + string.Len());
 580   s = string;
 581   s += psz;
 582
 583   return s;
 584 }
 585
 586 wxString operator+(const char *psz, const wxString& string)
 587 {
 588   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 589
 590   wxString s;
 591   s.Alloc(Strlen(psz) + string.Len());
 592   s = psz;
 593   s += string;
 594
 595   return s;
 596 }
 597
 598 // ===========================================================================
 599 // other common string functions
 600 // ===========================================================================
 601
 602 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 603 // simple sub-string extraction
 604 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 605
 606 // helper function: clone the data attached to this string
 607 void wxString::AllocCopy(wxString& dest, int nCopyLen, int nCopyIndex) const
 608 {
 609   if ( nCopyLen == 0 ) {
 610     dest.Init();
 611   }
 612   else {
 613     dest.AllocBuffer(nCopyLen);
 614     memcpy(dest.m_pchData, m_pchData + nCopyIndex, nCopyLen*sizeof(char));
 615   }
 616 }
 617
 618 // extract string of length nCount starting at nFirst
 619 wxString wxString::Mid(size_t nFirst, size_t nCount) const
 620 {
 621   wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 622   size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 623
 624   // default value of nCount is wxSTRING_MAXLEN and means "till the end"
 625   if ( nCount == wxSTRING_MAXLEN )
 626   {
 627     nCount = nLen - nFirst;
 628   }
 629
 630   // out-of-bounds requests return sensible things
 631   if ( nFirst + nCount > nLen )
 632   {
 633     nCount = nLen - nFirst;
 634   }
 635
 636   if ( nFirst > nLen )
 637   {
 638     // AllocCopy() will return empty string
 639     nCount = 0;
 640   }
 641
 642   wxString dest;
 643   AllocCopy(dest, nCount, nFirst);
 644
 645   return dest;
 646 }
 647
 648 // extract nCount last (rightmost) characters
 649 wxString wxString::Right(size_t nCount) const
 650 {
 651   if ( nCount > (size_t)GetStringData()->nDataLength )
 652     nCount = GetStringData()->nDataLength;
 653
 654   wxString dest;
 655   AllocCopy(dest, nCount, GetStringData()->nDataLength - nCount);
 656   return dest;
 657 }
 658
 659 // get all characters after the last occurence of ch
 660 // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
 661 wxString wxString::AfterLast(char ch) const
 662 {
 663   wxString str;
 664   int iPos = Find(ch, TRUE);
 665   if ( iPos == wxNOT_FOUND )
 666     str = *this;
 667   else
 668     str = c_str() + iPos + 1;
 669
 670   return str;
 671 }
 672
 673 // extract nCount first (leftmost) characters
 674 wxString wxString::Left(size_t nCount) const
 675 {
 676   if ( nCount > (size_t)GetStringData()->nDataLength )
 677     nCount = GetStringData()->nDataLength;
 678
 679   wxString dest;
 680   AllocCopy(dest, nCount, 0);
 681   return dest;
 682 }
 683
 684 // get all characters before the first occurence of ch
 685 // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
 686 wxString wxString::BeforeFirst(char ch) const
 687 {
 688   wxString str;
 689   for ( const char *pc = m_pchData; *pc != '\0' && *pc != ch; pc++ )
 690     str += *pc;
 691
 692   return str;
 693 }
 694
 695 /// get all characters before the last occurence of ch
 696 /// (returns empty string if ch not found)
 697 wxString wxString::BeforeLast(char ch) const
 698 {
 699   wxString str;
 700   int iPos = Find(ch, TRUE);
 701   if ( iPos != wxNOT_FOUND && iPos != 0 )
 702     str = wxString(c_str(), iPos);
 703
 704   return str;
 705 }
 706
 707 /// get all characters after the first occurence of ch
 708 /// (returns empty string if ch not found)
 709 wxString wxString::AfterFirst(char ch) const
 710 {
 711   wxString str;
 712   int iPos = Find(ch);
 713   if ( iPos != wxNOT_FOUND )
 714     str = c_str() + iPos + 1;
 715
 716   return str;
 717 }
 718
 719 // replace first (or all) occurences of some substring with another one
 720 size_t wxString::Replace(const char *szOld, const char *szNew, bool bReplaceAll)
 721 {
 722   size_t uiCount = 0;   // count of replacements made
 723
 724   size_t uiOldLen = Strlen(szOld);
 725
 726   wxString strTemp;
 727   const char *pCurrent = m_pchData;
 728   const char *pSubstr;
 729   while ( *pCurrent != '\0' ) {
 730     pSubstr = strstr(pCurrent, szOld);
 731     if ( pSubstr == NULL ) {
 732       // strTemp is unused if no replacements were made, so avoid the copy
 733       if ( uiCount == 0 )
 734         return 0;
 735
 736       strTemp += pCurrent;    // copy the rest
 737       break;                  // exit the loop
 738     }
 739     else {
 740       // take chars before match
 741       strTemp.ConcatSelf(pSubstr - pCurrent, pCurrent);
 742       strTemp += szNew;
 743       pCurrent = pSubstr + uiOldLen;  // restart after match
 744
 745       uiCount++;
 746
 747       // stop now?
 748       if ( !bReplaceAll ) {
 749         strTemp += pCurrent;    // copy the rest
 750         break;                  // exit the loop
 751       }
 752     }
 753   }
 754
 755   // only done if there were replacements, otherwise would have returned above
 756   *this = strTemp;
 757
 758   return uiCount;
 759 }
 760
 761 bool wxString::IsAscii() const
 762 {
 763   const char *s = (const char*) *this;
 764   while(*s){
 765     if(!isascii(*s)) return(FALSE);
 766     s++;
 767   }
 768   return(TRUE);
 769 }
 770
 771 bool wxString::IsWord() const
 772 {
 773   const char *s = (const char*) *this;
 774   while(*s){
 775     if(!isalpha(*s)) return(FALSE);
 776     s++;
 777   }
 778   return(TRUE);
 779 }
 780
 781 bool wxString::IsNumber() const
 782 {
 783   const char *s = (const char*) *this;
 784   while(*s){
 785     if(!isdigit(*s)) return(FALSE);
 786     s++;
 787   }
 788   return(TRUE);
 789 }
 790
 791 wxString wxString::Strip(stripType w) const
 792 {
 793     wxString s = *this;
 794     if ( w & leading ) s.Trim(FALSE);
 795     if ( w & trailing ) s.Trim(TRUE);
 796     return s;
 797 }
 798
 799 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 800 // case conversion
 801 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 802
 803 wxString& wxString::MakeUpper()
 804 {
 805   CopyBeforeWrite();
 806
 807   for ( char *p = m_pchData; *p; p++ )
 808     *p = (char)toupper(*p);
 809
 810   return *this;
 811 }
 812
 813 wxString& wxString::MakeLower()
 814 {
 815   CopyBeforeWrite();
 816
 817   for ( char *p = m_pchData; *p; p++ )
 818     *p = (char)tolower(*p);
 819
 820   return *this;
 821 }
 822
 823 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 824 // trimming and padding
 825 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 826
 827 // trims spaces (in the sense of isspace) from left or right side
 828 wxString& wxString::Trim(bool bFromRight)
 829 {
 830   // first check if we're going to modify the string at all
 831   if ( !IsEmpty() &&
 832        (
 833         (bFromRight && isspace(GetChar(Len() - 1))) ||
 834         (!bFromRight && isspace(GetChar(0u)))
 835        )
 836      )
 837   {
 838     // ok, there is at least one space to trim
 839     CopyBeforeWrite();
 840
 841     if ( bFromRight )
 842     {
 843       // find last non-space character
 844       char *psz = m_pchData + GetStringData()->nDataLength - 1;
 845       while ( isspace(*psz) && (psz >= m_pchData) )
 846         psz--;
 847
 848       // truncate at trailing space start
 849       *++psz = '\0';
 850       GetStringData()->nDataLength = psz - m_pchData;
 851     }
 852     else
 853     {
 854       // find first non-space character
 855       const char *psz = m_pchData;
 856       while ( isspace(*psz) )
 857         psz++;
 858
 859       // fix up data and length
 860       int nDataLength = GetStringData()->nDataLength - (psz - (const char*) m_pchData);
 861       memmove(m_pchData, psz, (nDataLength + 1)*sizeof(char));
 862       GetStringData()->nDataLength = nDataLength;
 863     }
 864   }
 865
 866   return *this;
 867 }
 868
 869 // adds nCount characters chPad to the string from either side
 870 wxString& wxString::Pad(size_t nCount, char chPad, bool bFromRight)
 871 {
 872   wxString s(chPad, nCount);
 873
 874   if ( bFromRight )
 875     *this += s;
 876   else
 877   {
 878     s += *this;
 879     *this = s;
 880   }
 881
 882   return *this;
 883 }
 884
 885 // truncate the string
 886 wxString& wxString::Truncate(size_t uiLen)
 887 {
 888   if ( uiLen < Len() ) {
 889     CopyBeforeWrite();
 890
 891     *(m_pchData + uiLen) = '\0';
 892     GetStringData()->nDataLength = uiLen;
 893   }
 894   //else: nothing to do, string is already short enough
 895
 896   return *this;
 897 }
 898
 899 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 900 // finding (return wxNOT_FOUND if not found and index otherwise)
 901 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 902
 903 // find a character
 904 int wxString::Find(char ch, bool bFromEnd) const
 905 {
 906   const char *psz = bFromEnd ? strrchr(m_pchData, ch) : strchr(m_pchData, ch);
 907
 908   return (psz == NULL) ? wxNOT_FOUND : psz - (const char*) m_pchData;
 909 }
 910
 911 // find a sub-string (like strstr)
 912 int wxString::Find(const char *pszSub) const
 913 {
 914   const char *psz = strstr(m_pchData, pszSub);
 915
 916   return (psz == NULL) ? wxNOT_FOUND : psz - (const char*) m_pchData;
 917 }
 918
 919 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 920 // stream-like operators
 921 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 922 wxString& wxString::operator<<(int i)
 923 {
 924     wxString res;
 925     res.Printf("%d", i);
 926
 927     return (*this) << res;
 928 }
 929
 930 wxString& wxString::operator<<(float f)
 931 {
 932     wxString res;
 933     res.Printf("%f", f);
 934
 935     return (*this) << res;
 936 }
 937
 938 wxString& wxString::operator<<(double d)
 939 {
 940     wxString res;
 941     res.Printf("%g", d);
 942
 943     return (*this) << res;
 944 }
 945
 946 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 947 // formatted output
 948 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 949 int wxString::Printf(const char *pszFormat, ...)
 950 {
 951   va_list argptr;
 952   va_start(argptr, pszFormat);
 953
 954   int iLen = PrintfV(pszFormat, argptr);
 955
 956   va_end(argptr);
 957
 958   return iLen;
 959 }
 960
 961 int wxString::PrintfV(const char* pszFormat, va_list argptr)
 962 {
 963   // static buffer to avoid dynamic memory allocation each time
 964   static char s_szScratch[1024];
 965
 966   // NB: wxVsprintf() may return either less than the buffer size or -1 if there
 967   //     is not enough place depending on implementation
 968   int iLen = wxVsprintf(s_szScratch, WXSIZEOF(s_szScratch), pszFormat, argptr);
 969   char *buffer;
 970   if ( iLen < (int)WXSIZEOF(s_szScratch) ) {
 971     buffer = s_szScratch;
 972   }
 973   else {
 974       int size = WXSIZEOF(s_szScratch) * 2;
 975       buffer = (char *)malloc(size);
 976       while ( buffer != NULL ) {
 977           iLen = wxVsprintf(buffer, WXSIZEOF(s_szScratch), pszFormat, argptr);
 978           if ( iLen < size ) {
 979               // ok, there was enough space
 980               break;
 981           }
 982
 983           // still not enough, double it again
 984           buffer = (char *)realloc(buffer, size *= 2);
 985       }
 986
 987       if ( !buffer ) {
 988           // out of memory
 989           return -1;
 990       }
 991   }
 992
 993   AllocBeforeWrite(iLen);
 994   strcpy(m_pchData, buffer);
 995
 996   if ( buffer != s_szScratch )
 997       free(buffer);
 998
 999   return iLen;
1000 }
1001
1002 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1003 // misc other operations
1004 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1005 bool wxString::Matches(const char *pszMask) const
1006 {
1007   // check char by char
1008   const char *pszTxt;
1009   for ( pszTxt = c_str(); *pszMask != '\0'; pszMask++, pszTxt++ ) {
1010     switch ( *pszMask ) {
1011       case '?':
1012         if ( *pszTxt == '\0' )
1013           return FALSE;
1014
1015         pszTxt++;
1016         pszMask++;
1017         break;
1018
1019       case '*':
1020         {
1021           // ignore special chars immediately following this one
1022           while ( *pszMask == '*' || *pszMask == '?' )
1023             pszMask++;
1024
1025           // if there is nothing more, match
1026           if ( *pszMask == '\0' )
1027             return TRUE;
1028
1029           // are there any other metacharacters in the mask?
1030           size_t uiLenMask;
1031           const char *pEndMask = strpbrk(pszMask, "*?");
1032
1033           if ( pEndMask != NULL ) {
1034             // we have to match the string between two metachars
1035             uiLenMask = pEndMask - pszMask;
1036           }
1037           else {
1038             // we have to match the remainder of the string
1039             uiLenMask = strlen(pszMask);
1040           }
1041
1042           wxString strToMatch(pszMask, uiLenMask);
1043           const char* pMatch = strstr(pszTxt, strToMatch);
1044           if ( pMatch == NULL )
1045             return FALSE;
1046
1047           // -1 to compensate "++" in the loop
1048           pszTxt = pMatch + uiLenMask - 1;
1049           pszMask += uiLenMask - 1;
1050         }
1051         break;
1052
1053       default:
1054         if ( *pszMask != *pszTxt )
1055           return FALSE;
1056         break;
1057     }
1058   }
1059
1060   // match only if nothing left
1061   return *pszTxt == '\0';
1062 }
1063
1064 // Count the number of chars
1065 int wxString::Freq(char ch) const
1066 {
1067     int count = 0;
1068     int len = Len();
1069     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
1070     {
1071         if (GetChar(i) == ch)
1072             count ++;
1073     }
1074     return count;
1075 }
1076
1077 // convert to upper case, return the copy of the string
1078 wxString wxString::Upper() const
1079 { wxString s(*this); return s.MakeUpper(); }
1080
1081 // convert to lower case, return the copy of the string
1082 wxString wxString::Lower() const { wxString s(*this); return s.MakeLower(); }
1083
1084 int wxString::sprintf(const char *pszFormat, ...)
1085   {
1086     va_list argptr;
1087     va_start(argptr, pszFormat);
1088     int iLen = PrintfV(pszFormat, argptr);
1089     va_end(argptr);
1090     return iLen;
1091   }
1092
1093 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1094 // standard C++ library string functions
1095 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1096 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
1097
1098 wxString& wxString::insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str)
1099 {
1100   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1101   wxASSERT( nPos <= Len() );
1102
1103   if ( !str.IsEmpty() ) {
1104     wxString strTmp;
1105     char *pc = strTmp.GetWriteBuf(Len() + str.Len());
1106     strncpy(pc, c_str(), nPos);
1107     strcpy(pc + nPos, str);
1108     strcpy(pc + nPos + str.Len(), c_str() + nPos);
1109     strTmp.UngetWriteBuf();
1110     *this = strTmp;
1111   }
1112
1113   return *this;
1114 }
1115
1116 size_t wxString::find(const wxString& str, size_t nStart) const
1117 {
1118   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1119   wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1120
1121   const char *p = strstr(c_str() + nStart, str);
1122
1123   return p == NULL ? npos : p - c_str();
1124 }
1125
1126 // VC++ 1.5 can't cope with the default argument in the header.
1127 #if !defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__WIN32__)
1128 size_t wxString::find(const char* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const
1129 {
1130   return find(wxString(sz, n == npos ? 0 : n), nStart);
1131 }
1132 #endif // VC++ 1.5
1133
1134 // Gives a duplicate symbol (presumably a case-insensitivity problem)
1135 #if !defined(__BORLANDC__)
1136 size_t wxString::find(char ch, size_t nStart) const
1137 {
1138   wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1139
1140   const char *p = strchr(c_str() + nStart, ch);
1141
1142   return p == NULL ? npos : p - c_str();
1143 }
1144 #endif
1145
1146 size_t wxString::rfind(const wxString& str, size_t nStart) const
1147 {
1148   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1149   wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1150
1151   // # could be quicker than that
1152   const char *p = c_str() + (nStart == npos ? Len() : nStart);
1153   while ( p >= c_str() + str.Len() ) {
1154     if ( strncmp(p - str.Len(), str, str.Len()) == 0 )
1155       return p - str.Len() - c_str();
1156     p--;
1157   }
1158
1159   return npos;
1160 }
1161
1162 // VC++ 1.5 can't cope with the default argument in the header.
1163 #if !defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__WIN32__)
1164 size_t wxString::rfind(const char* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const
1165 {
1166   return rfind(wxString(sz, n == npos ? 0 : n), nStart);
1167 }
1168
1169 size_t wxString::rfind(char ch, size_t nStart) const
1170 {
1171   wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1172
1173   const char *p = strrchr(c_str() + nStart, ch);
1174
1175   return p == NULL ? npos : p - c_str();
1176 }
1177 #endif // VC++ 1.5
1178
1179 wxString wxString::substr(size_t nStart, size_t nLen) const
1180 {
1181   // npos means 'take all'
1182   if ( nLen == npos )
1183     nLen = 0;
1184
1185   wxASSERT( nStart + nLen <= Len() );
1186
1187   return wxString(c_str() + nStart, nLen == npos ? 0 : nLen);
1188 }
1189
1190 wxString& wxString::erase(size_t nStart, size_t nLen)
1191 {
1192   wxString strTmp(c_str(), nStart);
1193   if ( nLen != npos ) {
1194     wxASSERT( nStart + nLen <= Len() );
1195
1196     strTmp.append(c_str() + nStart + nLen);
1197   }
1198
1199   *this = strTmp;
1200   return *this;
1201 }
1202
1203 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const char *sz)
1204 {
1205   wxASSERT( nStart + nLen <= Strlen(sz) );
1206
1207   wxString strTmp;
1208   if ( nStart != 0 )
1209     strTmp.append(c_str(), nStart);
1210   strTmp += sz;
1211   strTmp.append(c_str() + nStart + nLen);
1212
1213   *this = strTmp;
1214   return *this;
1215 }
1216
1217 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, char ch)
1218 {
1219   return replace(nStart, nLen, wxString(ch, nCount));
1220 }
1221
1222 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1223                             const wxString& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2)
1224 {
1225   return replace(nStart, nLen, str.substr(nStart2, nLen2));
1226 }
1227
1228 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1229                         const char* sz, size_t nCount)
1230 {
1231   return replace(nStart, nLen, wxString(sz, nCount));
1232 }
1233
1234 #endif  //std::string compatibility
1235
1236 // ============================================================================
1237 // ArrayString
1238 // ============================================================================
1239
1240 // size increment = max(50% of current size, ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT)
1241 #define   ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT       4096
1242 #ifndef   ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE    // also defined in dynarray.h
1243   #define   ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE    (16)
1244 #endif
1245
1246 #define   STRING(p)   ((wxString *)(&(p)))
1247
1248 // ctor
1249 wxArrayString::wxArrayString()
1250 {
1251   m_nSize  =
1252   m_nCount = 0;
1253   m_pItems = (char **) NULL;
1254 }
1255
1256 // copy ctor
1257 wxArrayString::wxArrayString(const wxArrayString& src)
1258 {
1259   m_nSize  =
1260   m_nCount = 0;
1261   m_pItems = (char **) NULL;
1262
1263   *this = src;
1264 }
1265
1266 // assignment operator
1267 wxArrayString& wxArrayString::operator=(const wxArrayString& src)
1268 {
1269   if ( m_nSize > 0 )
1270     Clear();
1271
1272   if ( src.m_nCount > ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE )
1273     Alloc(src.m_nCount);
1274
1275   // we can't just copy the pointers here because otherwise we would share
1276   // the strings with another array
1277   for ( size_t n = 0; n < src.m_nCount; n++ )
1278     Add(src[n]);
1279
1280   if ( m_nCount != 0 )
1281     memcpy(m_pItems, src.m_pItems, m_nCount*sizeof(char *));
1282
1283   return *this;
1284 }
1285
1286 // grow the array
1287 void wxArrayString::Grow()
1288 {
1289   // only do it if no more place
1290   if( m_nCount == m_nSize ) {
1291     if( m_nSize == 0 ) {
1292       // was empty, alloc some memory
1293       m_nSize = ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE;
1294       m_pItems = new char *[m_nSize];
1295     }
1296     else {
1297       // otherwise when it's called for the first time, nIncrement would be 0
1298       // and the array would never be expanded
1299       wxASSERT( ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE != 0 );
1300
1301       // add 50% but not too much
1302       size_t nIncrement = m_nSize < ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE
1303                           ? ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE : m_nSize >> 1;
1304       if ( nIncrement > ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT )
1305         nIncrement = ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT;
1306       m_nSize += nIncrement;
1307       char **pNew = new char *[m_nSize];
1308
1309       // copy data to new location
1310       memcpy(pNew, m_pItems, m_nCount*sizeof(char *));
1311
1312       // delete old memory (but do not release the strings!)
1313       wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
1314
1315       m_pItems = pNew;
1316     }
1317   }
1318 }
1319
1320 void wxArrayString::Free()
1321 {
1322   for ( size_t n = 0; n < m_nCount; n++ ) {
1323     STRING(m_pItems[n])->GetStringData()->Unlock();
1324   }
1325 }
1326
1327 // deletes all the strings from the list
1328 void wxArrayString::Empty()
1329 {
1330   Free();
1331
1332   m_nCount = 0;
1333 }
1334
1335 // as Empty, but also frees memory
1336 void wxArrayString::Clear()
1337 {
1338   Free();
1339
1340   m_nSize  =
1341   m_nCount = 0;
1342
1343   wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
1344 }
1345
1346 // dtor
1347 wxArrayString::~wxArrayString()
1348 {
1349   Free();
1350
1351   wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
1352 }
1353
1354 // pre-allocates memory (frees the previous data!)
1355 void wxArrayString::Alloc(size_t nSize)
1356 {
1357   wxASSERT( nSize > 0 );
1358
1359   // only if old buffer was not big enough
1360   if ( nSize > m_nSize ) {
1361     Free();
1362     wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
1363     m_pItems = new char *[nSize];
1364     m_nSize  = nSize;
1365   }
1366
1367   m_nCount = 0;
1368 }
1369
1370 // searches the array for an item (forward or backwards)
1371 int wxArrayString::Index(const char *sz, bool bCase, bool bFromEnd) const
1372 {
1373   if ( bFromEnd ) {
1374     if ( m_nCount > 0 ) {
1375       size_t ui = m_nCount;
1376       do {
1377         if ( STRING(m_pItems[--ui])->IsSameAs(sz, bCase) )
1378           return ui;
1379       }
1380       while ( ui != 0 );
1381     }
1382   }
1383   else {
1384     for( size_t ui = 0; ui < m_nCount; ui++ ) {
1385       if( STRING(m_pItems[ui])->IsSameAs(sz, bCase) )
1386         return ui;
1387     }
1388   }
1389
1390   return wxNOT_FOUND;
1391 }
1392
1393 // add item at the end
1394 void wxArrayString::Add(const wxString& str)
1395 {
1396   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1397
1398   Grow();
1399
1400   // the string data must not be deleted!
1401   str.GetStringData()->Lock();
1402   m_pItems[m_nCount++] = (char *)str.c_str();
1403 }
1404
1405 // add item at the given position
1406 void wxArrayString::Insert(const wxString& str, size_t nIndex)
1407 {
1408   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1409
1410   wxCHECK_RET( nIndex <= m_nCount, ("bad index in wxArrayString::Insert") );
1411
1412   Grow();
1413
1414   memmove(&m_pItems[nIndex + 1], &m_pItems[nIndex],
1415           (m_nCount - nIndex)*sizeof(char *));
1416
1417   str.GetStringData()->Lock();
1418   m_pItems[nIndex] = (char *)str.c_str();
1419
1420   m_nCount++;
1421 }
1422
1423 // removes item from array (by index)
1424 void wxArrayString::Remove(size_t nIndex)
1425 {
1426   wxCHECK_RET( nIndex <= m_nCount, _("bad index in wxArrayString::Remove") );
1427
1428   // release our lock
1429   Item(nIndex).GetStringData()->Unlock();
1430
1431   memmove(&m_pItems[nIndex], &m_pItems[nIndex + 1],
1432           (m_nCount - nIndex - 1)*sizeof(char *));
1433   m_nCount--;
1434 }
1435
1436 // removes item from array (by value)
1437 void wxArrayString::Remove(const char *sz)
1438 {
1439   int iIndex = Index(sz);
1440
1441   wxCHECK_RET( iIndex != wxNOT_FOUND,
1442                _("removing inexistent element in wxArrayString::Remove") );
1443
1444   Remove(iIndex);
1445 }
1446
1447 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1448 // sorting
1449 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1450
1451 // we can only sort one array at a time with the quick-sort based
1452 // implementation
1453 #if wxUSE_THREADS
1454   #include <wx/thread.h>
1455
1456   // need a critical section to protect access to gs_compareFunction and
1457   // gs_sortAscending variables
1458   static wxCriticalSection *gs_critsectStringSort = NULL;
1459
1460   // call this before the value of the global sort vars is changed/after
1461   // you're finished with them
1462   #define START_SORT()     wxASSERT( !gs_critsectStringSort );                \
1463                            gs_critsectStringSort = new wxCriticalSection;     \
1464                            gs_critsectStringSort->Enter()
1465   #define END_SORT()       gs_critsectStringSort->Leave();                    \
1466                            delete gs_critsectStringSort;                      \
1467                            gs_critsectStringSort = NULL
1468 #else // !threads
1469   #define START_SORT()
1470   #define END_SORT()
1471 #endif // wxUSE_THREADS
1472
1473 // function to use for string comparaison
1474 static wxArrayString::CompareFunction gs_compareFunction = NULL;
1475
1476 // if we don't use the compare function, this flag tells us if we sort the
1477 // array in ascending or descending order
1478 static bool gs_sortAscending = TRUE;
1479
1480 // function which is called by quick sort
1481 static int wxStringCompareFunction(const void *first, const void *second)
1482 {
1483   wxString *strFirst = (wxString *)first;
1484   wxString *strSecond = (wxString *)second;
1485
1486   if ( gs_compareFunction ) {
1487     return gs_compareFunction(*strFirst, *strSecond);
1488   }
1489   else {
1490     int result = strcmp(strFirst->c_str(), strSecond->c_str());
1491
1492     return gs_sortAscending ? result : -result;
1493   }
1494 }
1495
1496 // sort array elements using passed comparaison function
1497 void wxArrayString::Sort(CompareFunction compareFunction)
1498 {
1499   START_SORT();
1500
1501   wxASSERT( !gs_compareFunction );  // must have been reset to NULL
1502   gs_compareFunction = compareFunction;
1503
1504   DoSort();
1505
1506   END_SORT();
1507 }
1508
1509 void wxArrayString::Sort(bool reverseOrder)
1510 {
1511   START_SORT();
1512
1513   wxASSERT( !gs_compareFunction );  // must have been reset to NULL
1514   gs_sortAscending = !reverseOrder;
1515
1516   DoSort();
1517
1518   END_SORT();
1519 }
1520
1521 void wxArrayString::DoSort()
1522 {
1523   // just sort the pointers using qsort() - of course it only works because
1524   // wxString() *is* a pointer to its data
1525   qsort(m_pItems, m_nCount, sizeof(char *), wxStringCompareFunction);
1526 }