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13 bytes added , 8 February 2010

→‎Additional String methods: Change getIndependentString() to fixDependentString(), to match the code

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    if (s->indexOfLatin1(":")) < 0) ...
-The <tt>getIndependentString()</tt> converts a substring to a normal string. This is handy if the string needs to live for a long time, but if you do not want the master of a dependent substring to live for that long.
+The <tt>fixDependentString()</tt> function converts a substring to a normal string. This is handy if the string needs to live for a long time, but if you do not want the master of a dependent substring to live for that long.
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    Stringp xml = parseVeryLargeXMLFile();
    Stringp start = xml->substr (0, 3);
-   // if start was to be stored anywhere, the entire, hige XML string would remain alive
+   // if start was to be stored anywhere, the entire, huge XML string would remain alive
-   // unless makeDynamic was called
+   // unless fixDependentString was called
-   start = start->getIndependentString();
+   start->fixDependentString();
-The <tt>makeDynamic()</tt> converts a string with a static buffer, or a string that is a substring to a string with a dynamic buffer.
+The <tt>makeDynamic()</tt> function converts a string with a static buffer, or a string that is a substring to a string with a dynamic buffer.