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From: wyant@saber.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.interviews
Subject: bug in Doc in handling default empty document
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Date: 5 Jun 91 15:17:32 GMT
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When Doc is started without specifying a document, Application::read
creates a default one in a strstream. Document::read reads a line in
from the stream. The final 'else' of the massive 'if' statement that
starts this function looks for a "%" on the line. It expects this to be
followed by a space. However, the empty document created by Application::read does not provide this. This will cause the strncat in
that 'else' clause to fill the 'name' variable with garbage.

The fix seems to be change Application::read to procede the newline
it puts in the stream with a space:

	empty << " \n";

--geoff wyant
C++ Technologies Group
Saber Software
wyant@saber.com