From: Lucas Bajolet <r4pass@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:01:57 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: lib/standard/string: Fix the case of null items in FlatBuffer when calling to_s
X-Git-Tag: v0.6.9~28^2
X-Git-Url: http://nitlanguage.org

lib/standard/string: Fix the case of null items in FlatBuffer when calling to_s

Signed-off-by: Lucas Bajolet <r4pass@hotmail.com>
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diff --git a/lib/standard/string.nit b/lib/standard/string.nit
index 1319b26..c595162 100644
--- a/lib/standard/string.nit
+++ b/lib/standard/string.nit
@@ -657,6 +657,10 @@ end
 abstract class FlatText
 	super Text
 
+	# Underlying C-String (`char*`)
+	#
+	# Warning : Might be void in some subclasses, be sure to check
+	# if set before using it.
 	private var items: NativeString
 
 	# Real items, used as cache for to_cstring is called
@@ -1358,6 +1362,7 @@ class FlatBuffer
 	redef fun to_s: String
 	do
 		written = true
+		if length == 0 then items = new NativeString(1)
 		return new FlatString.with_infos(items, length, 0, length - 1)
 	end