From 7bb6a8c32d8bd2b8491a4fa2575787b6daec520a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:21:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add warning about reusing string buffer in
 utils_build_path().

git-svn-id: https://geany.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/geany/trunk@3995 ea778897-0a13-0410-b9d1-a72fbfd435f5
---
 src/utils.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 6ebd420e..6c9e4037 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -1602,7 +1602,9 @@ gboolean utils_spawn_async(const gchar *dir, gchar **argv, gchar **env, GSpawnFl
 
 /* Similar to g_build_path() but (re)using a fixed buffer, so never free it.
  * This assumes a small enough resulting string length to be kept without freeing,
- * but this should be the case for filenames. */
+ * but this should be the case for filenames.
+ * @warning As the buffer is reused, you can't call this recursively, e.g. for a
+ * function argument and within the function called. */
 const gchar *utils_build_path(const gchar *first, ...)
 {
 	static GString *buffer = NULL;