stringapi: Miscellaneous char* parameters

Source/CPack/WiX/cmWIXPatchParser.cxx

@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ cmWIXPatchParser::cmWIXPatchParser(
 
 }
 
-void cmWIXPatchParser::StartElement(const char *name, const char **atts)
+void cmWIXPatchParser::StartElement(const std::string& name, const char **atts)
 {
-  std::string name_str = name;
   if(State == BEGIN_DOCUMENT)
     {
-    if(name_str == "CPackWiXPatch")
+    if(name == "CPackWiXPatch")
       {
       State = BEGIN_FRAGMENTS;
       }
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ void cmWIXPatchParser::StartElement(const char *name, const char **atts)
     }
   else if(State == BEGIN_FRAGMENTS)
     {
-      if(name_str == "CPackWiXFragment")
+      if(name == "CPackWiXFragment")
         {
         State = INSIDE_FRAGMENT;
         StartFragment(atts);
@@ -107,12 +106,11 @@ void cmWIXPatchParser::StartFragment(const char **attributes)
     }
 }
 
-void cmWIXPatchParser::EndElement(const char *name)
+void cmWIXPatchParser::EndElement(const std::string& name)
 {
-  std::string name_str = name;
   if(State == INSIDE_FRAGMENT)
     {
-      if(name_str == "CPackWiXFragment")
+      if(name == "CPackWiXFragment")
         {
         State = BEGIN_FRAGMENTS;
         ElementStack.clear();

Source/CPack/WiX/cmWIXPatchParser.h

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ public:
   cmWIXPatchParser(fragment_map_t& Fragments, cmCPackLog* logger);
 
 private:
-  virtual void StartElement(const char *name, const char **atts);
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char **atts);
 
   void StartFragment(const char **attributes);
 
-  virtual void EndElement(const char *name);
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& name);
   virtual void ReportError(int line, int column, const char* msg);
 
   void ReportValidationError(std::string const& message);

Source/CPack/cmCPackComponentGroup.cxx

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #include <string>
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-unsigned long cmCPackComponent::GetInstalledSize(const char* installDir) const
+unsigned long cmCPackComponent::GetInstalledSize(
+    const std::string& installDir) const
 {
   if (this->TotalSize != 0)
     {
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ unsigned long cmCPackComponent::GetInstalledSize(const char* installDir) const
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 unsigned long
-cmCPackComponent::GetInstalledSizeInKbytes(const char* installDir) const
+cmCPackComponent::GetInstalledSizeInKbytes(const std::string& installDir) const
 {
   unsigned long result = (GetInstalledSize(installDir) + 512) / 1024;
   return result? result : 1;

Source/CPack/cmCPackComponentGroup.h

@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ public:
   /// Get the total installed size of all of the files in this
   /// component, in bytes. installDir is the directory into which the
   /// component was installed.
-  unsigned long GetInstalledSize(const char* installDir) const;
+  unsigned long GetInstalledSize(const std::string& installDir) const;
 
   /// Identical to GetInstalledSize, but returns the result in
   /// kilobytes.
-  unsigned long GetInstalledSizeInKbytes(const char* installDir) const;
+  unsigned long GetInstalledSizeInKbytes(const std::string& installDir) const;
 
  private:
   mutable unsigned long TotalSize;

Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.cxx

@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ int cmCPackGenerator::DoPackage()
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-int cmCPackGenerator::Initialize(const char* name, cmMakefile* mf)
+int cmCPackGenerator::Initialize(const std::string& name, cmMakefile* mf)
 {
   this->MakefileMap = mf;
   this->Name = name;

Source/CPack/cmCPackGenerator.h

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * Initialize generator
    */
-  int Initialize(const char* name, cmMakefile* mf);
+  int Initialize(const std::string& name, cmMakefile* mf);
 
   /**
    * Construct generator

Source/CPack/cmCPackOSXX11Generator.cxx

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ bool cmCPackOSXX11Generator::CopyCreateResourceFile(const std::string& name)
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmCPackOSXX11Generator::CopyResourcePlistFile(const std::string& name,
-  const char* dir, const char* outputFileName /* = 0 */,
+  const std::string& dir, const char* outputFileName /* = 0 */,
   bool copyOnly /* = false */)
 {
   std::string inFName = "CPack.";

Source/CPack/cmCPackOSXX11Generator.h

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ protected:
 
   //bool CopyCreateResourceFile(const std::string& name,
   //                            const std::string& dir);
-  bool CopyResourcePlistFile(const std::string& name, const char* dir,
+  bool CopyResourcePlistFile(const std::string& name, const std::string& dir,
     const char* outputFileName = 0, bool copyOnly = false);
   std::string InstallPrefix;
 };

Source/CPack/cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator.cxx

@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::SupportsComponentInstallation() const
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::CopyInstallScript(const char* resdir,
+int cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::CopyInstallScript(const std::string& resdir,
-                                                    const char* script,
+                                                    const std::string& script,
-                                                    const char* name)
+                                                    const std::string& name)
 {
   std::string dst = resdir;
   dst += "/";
   dst += name;
-  cmSystemTools::CopyFileAlways(script, dst.c_str());
+  cmSystemTools::CopyFileAlways(script.c_str(), dst.c_str());
   cmSystemTools::SetPermissions(dst.c_str(),0777);
   cmCPackLogger(cmCPackLog::LOG_VERBOSE,
                 "copy script : " << script << "\ninto " << dst.c_str() <<
@@ -601,12 +601,13 @@ bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::CopyCreateResourceFile(
   return true;
 }
 
-bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::CopyResourcePlistFile(const char* name,
+bool cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator::CopyResourcePlistFile(
-                                                         const char* outName)
+                                                const std::string& name,
+                                                const char* outName)
 {
   if (!outName)
     {
-    outName = name;
+    outName = name.c_str();
     }
 
   std::string inFName = "CPack.";

Source/CPack/cmCPackPackageMakerGenerator.h

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ public:
   virtual bool SupportsComponentInstallation() const;
 
 protected:
-  int CopyInstallScript(const char* resdir,
+  int CopyInstallScript(const std::string& resdir,
-                        const char* script,
+                        const std::string& script,
-                        const char* name);
+                        const std::string& name);
   virtual int InitializeInternal();
   int PackageFiles();
   virtual const char* GetOutputExtension() { return ".dmg"; }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ protected:
   // which will be configured via ConfigureFile.
   bool CopyCreateResourceFile(const std::string& name,
                               const std::string& dirName);
-  bool CopyResourcePlistFile(const char* name, const char* outName = 0);
+  bool CopyResourcePlistFile(const std::string& name, const char* outName = 0);
 
   // Run PackageMaker with the given command line, which will (if
   // successful) produce the given package file. Returns true if

Source/CTest/cmCTestBZR.cxx

@@ -225,35 +225,35 @@ private:
     return true;
     }
 
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char**)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char**)
     {
     this->CData.clear();
-    if(strcmp(name, "log") == 0)
+    if(name == "log")
       {
       this->Rev = Revision();
       this->Changes.clear();
       }
     // affected-files can contain blocks of
     // modified, unknown, renamed, kind-changed, removed, conflicts, added
-    else if(strcmp(name, "modified") == 0
+    else if(name == "modified"
-            || strcmp(name, "renamed") == 0
+            || name == "renamed"
-            || strcmp(name, "kind-changed") == 0)
+            || name == "kind-changed")
       {
       this->CurChange = Change();
       this->CurChange.Action = 'M';
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "added") == 0)
+    else if(name == "added")
       {
       this->CurChange = Change();
       this->CurChange = 'A';
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "removed") == 0)
+    else if(name == "removed")
       {
       this->CurChange = Change();
       this->CurChange = 'D';
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "unknown") == 0
+    else if(name == "unknown"
-            || strcmp(name, "conflicts") == 0)
+            || name == "conflicts")
       {
       // Should not happen here
       this->CurChange = Change();
@@ -265,27 +265,27 @@ private:
     this->CData.insert(this->CData.end(), data, data+length);
     }
 
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* name)
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& name)
     {
-    if(strcmp(name, "log") == 0)
+    if(name == "log")
       {
       this->BZR->DoRevision(this->Rev, this->Changes);
       }
-    else if((strcmp(name, "file") == 0 || strcmp(name, "directory") == 0)
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() &&
-            && !this->CData.empty())
+            (name == "file" || name == "directory"))
       {
       this->CurChange.Path.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(this->CurChange.Path);
       this->Changes.push_back(this->CurChange);
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "symlink") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "symlink")
       {
       // symlinks have an arobase at the end in the log
       this->CurChange.Path.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size()-1);
       cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(this->CurChange.Path);
       this->Changes.push_back(this->CurChange);
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "committer") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "committer")
       {
       this->Rev.Author.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       if(this->EmailRegex.find(this->Rev.Author))
@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@ private:
         this->Rev.EMail = this->EmailRegex.match(2);
         }
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "timestamp") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "timestamp")
       {
       this->Rev.Date.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "message") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "message")
       {
       this->Rev.Log.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "revno") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "revno")
       {
       this->Rev.Rev.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }

Source/CTest/cmCTestBuildCommand.cxx

@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ cmCTestGenericHandler* cmCTestBuildCommand::InitializeHandler()
       std::string buildCommand
         = this->GlobalGenerator->
         GenerateCMakeBuildCommand(cmakeBuildTarget ? cmakeBuildTarget : "",
-                                  cmakeBuildConfiguration,
+          cmakeBuildConfiguration,
-                                  cmakeBuildAdditionalFlags, true);
+          cmakeBuildAdditionalFlags ? cmakeBuildAdditionalFlags : "", true);
       cmCTestLog(this->CTest, HANDLER_VERBOSE_OUTPUT,
                  "SetMakeCommand:"
                  << buildCommand.c_str() << "\n");

Source/CTest/cmCTestHG.cxx

@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ private:
     return true;
     }
 
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
     {
     this->CData.clear();
-    if(strcmp(name, "logentry") == 0)
+    if(name == "logentry")
       {
       this->Rev = Revision();
       if(const char* rev = this->FindAttribute(atts, "revision"))
@@ -208,29 +208,29 @@ private:
     this->CData.insert(this->CData.end(), data, data+length);
     }
 
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* name)
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& name)
     {
-    if(strcmp(name, "logentry") == 0)
+    if(name == "logentry")
       {
       this->HG->DoRevision(this->Rev, this->Changes);
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "author") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "author")
       {
       this->Rev.Author.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if ( strcmp(name, "email") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "email")
       {
       this->Rev.EMail.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "date") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "date")
       {
       this->Rev.Date.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "msg") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "msg")
       {
       this->Rev.Log.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "files") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "files")
       {
       std::vector<std::string> paths = this->SplitCData();
       for(unsigned int i = 0; i < paths.size(); ++i)
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ private:
         this->Changes.push_back(this->CurChange);
         }
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "file_adds") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "file_adds")
       {
       std::string added_paths(this->CData.begin(), this->CData.end());
       for(unsigned int i = 0; i < this->Changes.size(); ++i)
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ private:
           }
         }
       }
-     else if(strcmp(name, "file_dels") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+     else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "file_dels")
       {
       std::string added_paths(this->CData.begin(), this->CData.end());
       for(unsigned int i = 0; i < this->Changes.size(); ++i)

Source/CTest/cmCTestMemCheckHandler.cxx

@@ -49,21 +49,15 @@ class cmBoundsCheckerParser : public cmXMLParser
 {
 public:
   cmBoundsCheckerParser(cmCTest* c) { this->CTest = c;}
-  void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts)
+  void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
     {
-      if(strcmp(name, "MemoryLeak") == 0)
+      if(name == "MemoryLeak" ||
+         name == "ResourceLeak")
         {
         this->Errors.push_back(cmCTestMemCheckHandler::MLK);
         }
-      if(strcmp(name, "ResourceLeak") == 0)
+      else if(name == "Error" ||
-        {
+              name == "Dangling Pointer")
-        this->Errors.push_back(cmCTestMemCheckHandler::MLK);
-        }
-      if(strcmp(name, "Error") == 0)
-        {
-        this->ParseError(atts);
-        }
-      if(strcmp(name, "Dangling Pointer") == 0)
         {
         this->ParseError(atts);
         }
@@ -79,7 +73,7 @@ public:
       ostr << "\n";
       this->Log += ostr.str();
     }
-  void EndElement(const char* )
+  void EndElement(const std::string& )
     {
     }
 

Source/CTest/cmCTestSVN.cxx

@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ private:
     return true;
     }
 
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
     {
     this->CData.clear();
-    if(strcmp(name, "logentry") == 0)
+    if(name == "logentry")
       {
       this->Rev = Revision();
       this->Rev.SVNInfo = &SVNRepo;
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ private:
         }
       this->Changes.clear();
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "path") == 0)
+    else if(name == "path")
       {
       this->CurChange = Change();
       if(const char* action = this->FindAttribute(atts, "action"))
@@ -389,28 +389,28 @@ private:
     this->CData.insert(this->CData.end(), data, data+length);
     }
 
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* name)
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& name)
     {
-    if(strcmp(name, "logentry") == 0)
+    if(name == "logentry")
       {
       this->SVN->DoRevisionSVN(this->Rev, this->Changes);
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "path") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "path")
       {
       std::string orig_path(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       std::string new_path = SVNRepo.BuildLocalPath( orig_path );
       this->CurChange.Path.assign(new_path);
       this->Changes.push_back(this->CurChange);
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "author") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "author")
       {
       this->Rev.Author.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "date") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "date")
       {
       this->Rev.Date.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "msg") == 0 && !this->CData.empty())
+    else if(!this->CData.empty() && name == "msg")
       {
       this->Rev.Log.assign(&this->CData[0], this->CData.size());
       }

Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx

@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ private:
     return val;
     }
 
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
     {
     this->CurrentValue.clear();
-    if(strcmp(name, "cdash") == 0)
+    if(name == "cdash")
       {
       this->CDashVersion = this->FindAttribute(atts, "version");
       }
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ private:
     this->CurrentValue.insert(this->CurrentValue.end(), data, data+length);
     }
 
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* name)
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& name)
     {
-    if(strcmp(name, "status") == 0)
+    if(name == "status")
       {
       std::string status = cmSystemTools::UpperCase(this->GetCurrentValue());
       if(status == "OK" || status == "SUCCESS")
@@ -100,15 +100,15 @@ private:
         this->Status = STATUS_ERROR;
         }
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "filename") == 0)
+    else if(name == "filename")
       {
       this->Filename = this->GetCurrentValue();
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "md5") == 0)
+    else if(name == "md5")
       {
       this->MD5 = this->GetCurrentValue();
       }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "message") == 0)
+    else if(name == "message")
       {
       this->Message = this->GetCurrentValue();
       }

Source/CTest/cmParsePythonCoverage.cxx

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
   {
-    if(strcmp(name, "class") == 0)
+    if(name == "class")
     {
       int tagCount = 0;
       while(true)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ protected:
         ++tagCount;
       }
     }
-    else if(strcmp(name, "line") == 0)
+    else if(name == "line")
     {
       int tagCount = 0;
       int curNumber = -1;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ protected:
     }
   }
 
-  virtual void EndElement(const char*) {}
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string&) {}
 
 private:
 

Source/CursesDialog/cmCursesOptionsWidget.cxx

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void cmCursesOptionsWidget::PreviousOption()
   this->SetValue(this->Options[this->CurrentOption].c_str());
 }
 
-void cmCursesOptionsWidget::SetOption(const char* value)
+void cmCursesOptionsWidget::SetOption(const std::string& value)
 {
   this->CurrentOption = 0; // default to 0 index
   this->SetValue(value);

Source/CursesDialog/cmCursesOptionsWidget.h

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public:
   // when this widget has focus. Returns true if the input was
   // handled.
   virtual bool HandleInput(int& key, cmCursesMainForm* fm, WINDOW* w);
-  void SetOption(const char*);
+  void SetOption(const std::string&);
   void AddOption(std::string const &);
   void NextOption();
   void PreviousOption();

Source/CursesDialog/cmCursesStringWidget.cxx

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ bool cmCursesStringWidget::HandleInput(int& key, cmCursesMainForm* fm,
   return true;
 }
 
-void cmCursesStringWidget::SetString(const char* value)
+void cmCursesStringWidget::SetString(const std::string& value)
 {
   this->SetValue(value);
 }

Source/CursesDialog/cmCursesStringWidget.h

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * Set/Get the string.
    */
-  void SetString(const char* value);
+  void SetString(const std::string& value);
   const char* GetString();
   virtual const char* GetValue();
 

Source/CursesDialog/cmCursesWidget.cxx

@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ void cmCursesWidget::Move(int x, int y, bool isNewPage)
     }
 }
 
-void cmCursesWidget::SetValue(const char* value)
+void cmCursesWidget::SetValue(const std::string& value)
 {
   this->Value = value;
-  set_field_buffer(this->Field, 0, value);
+  set_field_buffer(this->Field, 0, value.c_str());
 }
 
 const char* cmCursesWidget::GetValue()

Source/CursesDialog/cmCursesWidget.h

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public:
    * Set/Get the value (setting the value also changes the contents
    * of the field buffer).
    */
-  virtual void SetValue(const char* value);
+  virtual void SetValue(const std::string& value);
   virtual const char* GetValue();
 
   /**

Source/cmCacheManager.cxx

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ bool cmCacheManager::LoadCache(const std::string& path,
   return this->LoadCache(path, internal, emptySet, emptySet);
 }
 
-static bool ParseEntryWithoutType(const char* entry,
+static bool ParseEntryWithoutType(const std::string& entry,
                                   std::string& var,
                                   std::string& value)
 {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static bool ParseEntryWithoutType(const char* entry,
   return flag;
 }
 
-bool cmCacheManager::ParseEntry(const char* entry,
+bool cmCacheManager::ParseEntry(const std::string& entry,
                                 std::string& var,
                                 std::string& value,
                                 CacheEntryType& type)

Source/cmCacheManager.h

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public:
     return static_cast<int>(this->Cache.size()); }
 
   ///! Break up a line like VAR:type="value" into var, type and value
-  static bool ParseEntry(const char* entry,
+  static bool ParseEntry(const std::string& entry,
                          std::string& var,
                          std::string& value,
                          CacheEntryType& type);

Source/cmExportFileGenerator.h

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
   const char *GetMainExportFileName() const;
 
   /** Set the namespace in which to place exported target names.  */
-  void SetNamespace(const char* ns) { this->Namespace = ns; }
+  void SetNamespace(const std::string& ns) { this->Namespace = ns; }
   std::string GetNamespace() const { return this->Namespace; }
 
   void SetExportOld(bool exportOld) { this->ExportOld = exportOld; }

Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx

@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ int cmGlobalGenerator::Build(
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cmGlobalGenerator::GenerateCMakeBuildCommand(
   const std::string& target, const std::string& config,
-  const char* native,
+  const std::string& native,
   bool ignoreErrors)
 {
   std::string makeCommand = cmSystemTools::GetCMakeCommand();
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ std::string cmGlobalGenerator::GenerateCMakeBuildCommand(
       sep = " ";
       }
     }
-  if(native && *native)
+  if(!native.empty())
     {
     makeCommand += sep;
     makeCommand += native;
@@ -2528,9 +2528,10 @@ std::string cmGlobalGenerator::GetSharedLibFlagsForLanguage(
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void cmGlobalGenerator::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char*,
+void cmGlobalGenerator::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string&,
                                                  const std::string&,
-                                                 const char*, std::string&)
+                                                 const std::string&,
+                                                 std::string&)
 {
   // Subclasses that support multiple configurations should implement
   // this method to append the subdirectory for the given build

Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public:
   /** Generate a "cmake --build" call for a given target and config.  */
   std::string GenerateCMakeBuildCommand(const std::string& target,
                                         const std::string& config,
-                                        const char* native,
+                                        const std::string& native,
                                         bool ignoreErrors);
 
   ///! Set the CMake instance
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ public:
   /** Append the subdirectory for the given configuration.  If anything is
       appended the given prefix and suffix will be appended around it, which
       is useful for leading or trailing slashes.  */
-  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                                         const std::string& config,
-                                        const char* suffix,
+                                        const std::string& suffix,
                                         std::string& dir);
 
   /** Get the manifest of all targets that will be built for each
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public:
     return this->BinaryDirectories.insert(dir).second;
     }
   /** Supported systems creates a GUID for the given name */
-  virtual void CreateGUID(const char*) {}
+  virtual void CreateGUID(const std::string&) {}
 
   /** Return true if the generated build tree may contain multiple builds.
       i.e. "Can I build Debug and Release in the same tree?" */

Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx

@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator
-::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                            const std::string& config,
-                           const char* suffix,
+                           const std::string& suffix,
                            std::string& dir)
 {
   if(!config.empty())

Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.h

@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ public:
                             std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& generators);
 
   /** Append the subdirectory for the given configuration.  */
-  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                                         const std::string& config,
-                                        const char* suffix,
+                                        const std::string& suffix,
                                         std::string& dir);
 
   ///! What is the configurations directory variable called?

Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx

@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ std::string cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::GetGUID(const std::string& name)
 }
 
 
-void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateGUID(const char* name)
+void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateGUID(const std::string& name)
 {
   std::string guidStoreName = name;
   guidStoreName += "_GUID_CMAKE";
@@ -961,9 +961,9 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
-::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                            const std::string& config,
-                           const char* suffix,
+                           const std::string& suffix,
                            std::string& dir)
 {
   if(!config.empty())

Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h

@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ public:
   std::vector<std::string> *GetConfigurations();
 
   ///! Create a GUID or get an existing one.
-  void CreateGUID(const char* name);
+  void CreateGUID(const std::string& name);
   std::string GetGUID(const std::string& name);
 
   /** Append the subdirectory for the given configuration.  */
-  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                                         const std::string& config,
-                                        const char* suffix,
+                                        const std::string& suffix,
                                         std::string& dir);
 
   ///! What is the configurations directory variable called?

Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx

@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ class cmXcodeVersionParser : public cmXMLParser
 {
 public:
   cmXcodeVersionParser(): Version("1.5") {}
-  void StartElement(const char* , const char** )
+  void StartElement(const std::string&, const char**)
     {
       this->Data = "";
     }
-  void EndElement(const char* name)
+  void EndElement(const std::string& name)
     {
-      if(strcmp(name, "key") == 0)
+      if(name == "key")
         {
         this->Key = this->Data;
         }
-      else if(strcmp(name, "string") == 0)
+      else if(name == "string")
         {
         if(this->Key == "CFBundleShortVersionString")
           {
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateXCodeTargets(cmLocalGenerator* gen,
         gtgt->GetTargetSourceFileFlags(*i);
 
       if(filetype &&
-         strcmp(filetype->GetString(), "compiled.mach-o.objfile") == 0)
+         filetype->GetString() == "compiled.mach-o.objfile")
         {
         externalObjFiles.push_back(xsf);
         }
@@ -3771,9 +3771,9 @@ std::string cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::XCodeEscapePath(const char* p)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmGlobalXCodeGenerator
-::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+::AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                            const std::string& config,
-                           const char* suffix,
+                           const std::string& suffix,
                            std::string& dir)
 {
   if(this->XcodeVersion > 20)

Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.h

@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public:
   virtual void Generate();
 
   /** Append the subdirectory for the given configuration.  */
-  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
+  virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const std::string& prefix,
                                         const std::string& config,
-                                        const char* suffix,
+                                        const std::string& suffix,
                                         std::string& dir);
 
   ///! What is the configurations directory variable called?

Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx

@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::AppendEcho(std::vector<std::string>& commands,
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string
 cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
-::CreateMakeVariable(const char* sin, const char* s2in)
+::CreateMakeVariable(const std::string& sin, const std::string& s2in)
 {
   std::string s = sin;
   std::string s2 = s2in;

Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.h

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * Set the flag used to keep the make program silent.
    */
-  void SetMakeSilentFlag(const char* s) { this->MakeSilentFlag = s; }
+  void SetMakeSilentFlag(const std::string& s) { this->MakeSilentFlag = s; }
   std::string &GetMakeSilentFlag() { return this->MakeSilentFlag; }
 
   /**
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ public:
    * Set the string used to include one makefile into another default
    * is include.
    */
-  void SetIncludeDirective(const char* s) { this->IncludeDirective = s; }
+  void SetIncludeDirective(const std::string& s)
-  const char *GetIncludeDirective() { return this->IncludeDirective.c_str(); }
+    { this->IncludeDirective = s; }
+  const std::string& GetIncludeDirective() { return this->IncludeDirective; }
 
   /**
    * Set max makefile variable size, default is 0 which means unlimited.
@@ -192,7 +193,8 @@ public:
 
   static std::string ConvertToQuotedOutputPath(const char* p);
 
-  std::string CreateMakeVariable(const char* sin, const char* s2in);
+  std::string CreateMakeVariable(const std::string& sin,
+                                 const std::string& s2in);
 
   /** Called from command-line hook to bring dependencies up to date
       for a target.  */

Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 class cmVS10XMLParser : public cmXMLParser
 {
   public:
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* /* name */)
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& /* name */)
     {
     }
   virtual void CharacterDataHandler(const char* data, int length)
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ class cmVS10XMLParser : public cmXMLParser
         this->DoGUID = false;
         }
     }
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char**)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char**)
     {
       // once the GUID is found do nothing
       if(this->GUID.size())
         {
         return;
         }
-      if(strcmp("ProjectGUID", name) == 0 || strcmp("ProjectGuid", name) == 0)
+      if("ProjectGUID" == name || "ProjectGuid" == name)
         {
         this->DoGUID = true;
         }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator::Generate()
 
 
 void cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator
-::ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(const char* name,
+::ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(const std::string& name,
                            const char* path)
 {
   cmVS10XMLParser parser;

Source/cmLocalVisualStudio10Generator.h

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
    * Generate the makefile for this directory.
    */
   virtual void Generate();
-  virtual void ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(const char* name,
+  virtual void ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(const std::string& name,
                                         const char* path);
 
 protected:

Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx

@@ -2146,10 +2146,10 @@ std::string cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 class cmVS7XMLParser : public cmXMLParser
 {
 public:
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* /* name */)
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& /* name */)
     {
     }
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts)
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
     {
       // once the GUID is found do nothing
       if(this->GUID.size())
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ public:
         return;
         }
       int i =0;
-      if(strcmp("VisualStudioProject", name) == 0)
+      if("VisualStudioProject" == name)
         {
         while(atts[i])
           {
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(
-  const char* name,
+  const std::string& name,
   const char* path)
 {
   cmVS7XMLParser parser;

Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * Specify the type of the build: static, dll, or executable.
    */
-  void SetBuildType(BuildType,const char *name);
+  void SetBuildType(BuildType,const std::string& name);
 
   void SetPlatformName(const char* n) { this->PlatformName = n;}
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public:
   void WriteStampFiles();
   virtual std::string ComputeLongestObjectDirectory(cmTarget&) const;
 
-  virtual void ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(const char* name,
+  virtual void ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(const std::string& name,
                                         const char* path);
   virtual void AddCMakeListsRules();
 protected:

Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ std::string
 cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator
 ::ConstructScript(cmCustomCommand const& cc,
                   const std::string& configName,
-                  const char* newline_text)
+                  const std::string& newline_text)
 {
   bool useLocal = this->CustomCommandUseLocal();
   const char* workingDirectory = cc.GetWorkingDirectory();
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator
   RelativeRoot relativeRoot = workingDirectory? NONE : START_OUTPUT;
 
   // Avoid leading or trailing newlines.
-  const char* newline = "";
+  std::string newline = "";
 
   // Line to check for error between commands.
   std::string check_error = newline_text;

Source/cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator.h

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
   /** Construct a script from the given list of command lines.  */
   std::string ConstructScript(cmCustomCommand const& cc,
                               const std::string& configName,
-                              const char* newline = "\n");
+                              const std::string& newline = "\n");
 
   /** Label to which to jump in a batch file after a failed step in a
       sequence of custom commands. */

Source/cmTarget.cxx

@@ -4100,7 +4100,8 @@ bool cmTarget::ComputeOutputDir(const std::string& config,
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-bool cmTarget::ComputePDBOutputDir(const char* kind, const std::string& config,
+bool cmTarget::ComputePDBOutputDir(const std::string& kind,
+                                   const std::string& config,
                                    std::string& out) const
 {
   // Look for a target property defining the target output directory

Source/cmTarget.h

@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ private:
   bool
   ComputeOutputDir(const std::string& config,
                    bool implib, std::string& out) const;
-  bool ComputePDBOutputDir(const char* kind, const std::string& config,
+  bool ComputePDBOutputDir(const std::string& kind, const std::string& config,
                            std::string& out) const;
 
   // Cache import information from properties for each configuration.

Source/cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser.cxx

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const char* cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::GetArchitectureFamily() const
   return 0;
 }
 
-void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::StartElement(const char* name,
+void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::StartElement(const std::string& name,
                                                    const char** attributes)
 {
   if(this->FoundRequiredName)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::StartElement(const char* name,
 
   this->CharacterData = "";
 
-  if(strcmp(name, "PlatformData") == 0)
+  if(name == "PlatformData")
     {
     this->PlatformName = "";
     this->OSMajorVersion = "";
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::StartElement(const char* name,
     this->Macros.clear();
     }
 
-  if(strcmp(name, "Macro") == 0)
+  if(name == "Macro")
     {
     std::string macroName;
     std::string macroValue;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::StartElement(const char* name,
       this->Macros[macroName] = macroValue;
       }
     }
-  else if(strcmp(name, "Directories") == 0)
+  else if(name == "Directories")
     {
     for(const char** attr = attributes; *attr; attr += 2)
       {
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::StartElement(const char* name,
     }
 }
 
-void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::EndElement(const char* name)
+void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::EndElement(const std::string& name)
 {
   if(!this->RequiredName)
     {
-    if(strcmp(name, "PlatformName") == 0)
+    if(name == "PlatformName")
       {
       this->AvailablePlatforms.push_back(this->CharacterData);
       }
@@ -138,19 +138,19 @@ void cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser::EndElement(const char* name)
     return;
     }
 
-  if(strcmp(name, "PlatformName") == 0)
+  if(name == "PlatformName")
     {
     this->PlatformName = this->CharacterData;
     }
-  else if(strcmp(name, "OSMajorVersion") == 0)
+  else if(name == "OSMajorVersion")
     {
     this->OSMajorVersion = this->CharacterData;
     }
-  else if(strcmp(name, "OSMinorVersion") == 0)
+  else if(name == "OSMinorVersion")
    {
    this->OSMinorVersion = this->CharacterData;
    }
-  else if(strcmp(name, "Platform") == 0)
+  else if(name == "Platform")
     {
     if(this->PlatformName == this->RequiredName)
       {

Source/cmVisualStudioWCEPlatformParser.h

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ public:
     return this->AvailablePlatforms; }
 
 protected:
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** attributes);
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** attributes);
-  void EndElement(const char* name);
+  void EndElement(const std::string& name);
   void CharacterDataHandler(const char* data, int length);
 
 private:

Source/cmXCodeObject.h

@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ public:
   PBXType GetIsA() { return this->IsA;}
 
   void SetString(const std::string& s);
-  const char* GetString()
+  const std::string& GetString()
     {
-      return this->String.c_str();
+      return this->String;
     }
 
-  void AddAttribute(const char* name, cmXCodeObject* value)
+  void AddAttribute(const std::string& name, cmXCodeObject* value)
     {
       this->ObjectAttributes[name] = value;
     }
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ public:
 
   static void PrintList(std::vector<cmXCodeObject*> const&,
                         std::ostream& out);
-  const char* GetId()
+  const std::string& GetId()
     {
-      return this->Id.c_str();
+      return this->Id;
     }
-  void SetId(const char* id)
+  void SetId(const std::string& id)
     {
       this->Id = id;
     }
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ public:
     {
       this->Target = t;
     }
-  const char* GetComment() {return this->Comment.c_str();}
+  const std::string& GetComment() {return this->Comment;}
-  bool HasComment() { return (this->Comment.size() !=  0);}
+  bool HasComment() { return (!this->Comment.empty());}
   cmXCodeObject* GetObject(const char* name)
     {
       if(this->ObjectAttributes.count(name))
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public:
     return this->DependTargets;
     }
   std::vector<cmXCodeObject*> const& GetObjectList() { return this->List;}
-  void SetComment(const char* c) { this->Comment = c;}
+  void SetComment(const std::string& c) { this->Comment = c;}
   static void PrintString(std::ostream& os,std::string String);
 protected:
   void PrintString(std::ostream& os) const;

Source/cmXMLParser.cxx

@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ int cmXMLParser::ParsingComplete()
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void cmXMLParser::StartElement(const char * name,
+void cmXMLParser::StartElement(const std::string& name,
   const char ** /*atts*/)
 {
   std::cout << "Start element: " << name << std::endl;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void cmXMLParser::EndElement(const char * name)
+void cmXMLParser::EndElement(const std::string& name)
 {
   std::cout << "End element: " << name << std::endl;
 }

Source/cmXMLParser.h

@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ protected:
    * element.  atts = Null-terminated array of attribute name/value pairs.
    * Even indices are attribute names, and odd indices are values.
    */
-  virtual void StartElement(const char* name, const char** atts);
+  virtual void StartElement(const std::string& name, const char** atts);
 
   //! Called at the end of an element in the XML source opened when
   //StartElement was called.
-  virtual void EndElement(const char* name);
+  virtual void EndElement(const std::string& name);
 
   //! Called when there is character data to handle.
   virtual void CharacterDataHandler(const char* data, int length);