Introduce formal policy for APIs that return strings.

This declares that any `const char *` returned from SDL is owned by SDL, and
promises to be valid _at least_ until the next time the event queue runs, or
SDL_Quit() is called, even if the thing that owns the string gets destroyed
or changed before then.

This is noted in the headers as "the SDL_GetStringRule", so this will both be
greppable to find a detailed explaination in docs/README-strings.md and
wikiheaders will automatically turn it into a link we can point at the
appropriate documentation.

Fixes #9902.

(and several FIXMEs, both known and yet-undocumented.)
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Ryan C. Gordon 2024-06-01 22:05:21 -04:00
parent b1f3682216
commit e23257307e
51 changed files with 262 additions and 123 deletions

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@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_AndroidBackButton(void);
* Your internal storage path is typically:
* `/data/data/your.app.package/files`.
*
* The returned string follows the SDL_GetStringRule.
*
* \returns the path used for internal storage or NULL on failure; call
* SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
@ -392,7 +394,7 @@ extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_AndroidBackButton(void);
*
* \sa SDL_AndroidGetExternalStorageState
*/
extern SDL_DECLSPEC const char * SDLCALL SDL_AndroidGetInternalStoragePath(void);
extern SDL_DECLSPEC const char *SDLCALL SDL_AndroidGetInternalStoragePath(void);
/**
* Get the current state of external storage.
@ -422,6 +424,8 @@ extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_AndroidGetExternalStorageState(Uint32 *state
* Your external storage path is typically:
* `/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/your.app.package/files`.
*
* The returned string follows the SDL_GetStringRule.
*
* \returns the path used for external storage for this application on success
* or NULL on failure; call SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
@ -576,6 +580,8 @@ typedef enum SDL_WinRT_DeviceFamily
*
* https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464917.aspx
*
* The returned string follows the SDL_GetStringRule.
*
* \param pathType the type of path to retrieve, one of SDL_WinRT_Path
* \returns a UTF-8 string (8-bit, multi-byte) containing the path, or NULL if
* the path is not available for any reason; call SDL_GetError() for