Function duplicateStringValue

src/jsoncpp.cpp:2520–2536

Duplicates the specified string value. * @param value Pointer to the string to duplicate. Must be zero-terminated if * length is "unknown". * @param length Length of the value. if equals to unknown, then it will be * computed using strlen(value). * @return Pointer on the duplicate instance of string. */

 * @return Pointer on the duplicate instance of string.
 */
static inline char* duplicateStringValue(const char* value,
                                         size_t length) {
  // Avoid an integer overflow in the call to malloc below by limiting length
  // to a sane value.
  if (length >= (size_t)Value::maxInt)
    length = Value::maxInt - 1;

  char* newString = static_cast<char*>(malloc(length + 1));
  if (newString == NULL) {
    throwRuntimeError(
        "in Json::Value::duplicateStringValue(): "
        "Failed to allocate string value buffer");
  }
  memcpy(newString, value, length);
  newString[length] = 0;
  return newString;
}

/* Record the length as a prefix.
 */