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Improve the long description of GString

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It is more similar to a Java StringBuffer than to a C string.
See bug 612439.
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Matthias Clasen 2010-07-08 19:37:31 -04:00
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@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ text buffers which grow automatically as text is added
<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### --> <!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
<para> <para>
A #GString is similar to a standard C string, except that it grows A #GString is an object that handles the memory management of a C string
automatically as text is appended or inserted. Also, it stores the for you. You can think of it as similar to a Java StringBuffer.
length of the string, so can be used for binary data with embedded In addition to the string itself, GString stores the length of the string,
nul bytes. so can be used for binary data with embedded nul bytes. To access the C
string managed by the GString @string, simply use @string->str.
</para> </para>
<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### --> <!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->