[PATCH v1 1/2] apps: cam: capture_script: Disallow arrays of strings

Kieran Bingham kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com
Thu May 1 10:44:19 CEST 2025


Quoting Barnabás Pőcze (2025-04-22 13:47:50)
> The current `ControlValue` mechanism does not support arrays
> of strings, the assignment in the removed snippet will in fact
> trigger an assertion failure in `ControlValue::set()` because
> `sizeof(std::string) != ControlValueSize[ControlTypeString]`.
> 
> Fixes: b35f04b3c194 ("cam: capture_script: Support parsing array controls")
> Signed-off-by: Barnabás Pőcze <barnabas.pocze at ideasonboard.com>

I like a clear failure - rather than a guaranteed runtime assertion!

Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>

> ---
>  src/apps/cam/capture_script.cpp | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/apps/cam/capture_script.cpp b/src/apps/cam/capture_script.cpp
> index e7e69960e..fdf82efc0 100644
> --- a/src/apps/cam/capture_script.cpp
> +++ b/src/apps/cam/capture_script.cpp
> @@ -578,10 +578,6 @@ ControlValue CaptureScript::parseArrayControl(const ControlId *id,
>                 value = Span<const float>(values.data(), values.size());
>                 break;
>         }
> -       case ControlTypeString: {
> -               value = Span<const std::string>(repr.data(), repr.size());
> -               break;
> -       }


Is it worth keeping 
	case ControlTypeString:

here as a fall through with a comment explaining that it can't currently
be supported ? (I'm fine with a full removal too - just curious if it's
helpful to document explicitly that it is 'unsupported' rather than
'missed' if someone tried to add it..

>         default:
>                 std::cerr << "Unsupported control type" << std::endl;
>                 break;
> -- 
> 2.49.0
>


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