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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH] lib: convert two "iterator copy strings" into references.\r
+Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 17:20:52 +0100\r
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+Apparently this is a supported and even idiomatic way of keeping a\r
+temporary object (e.g. like that returned from an operator\r
+dereference) alive.\r
+---\r
+\r
+I decided it was better to do both of these "keepalive" strings the\r
+same way, so I applied the parent patch as is.\r
+\r
+ lib/message.cc | 4 ++--\r
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc\r
+index bacb4d4..956a70a 100644\r
+--- a/lib/message.cc\r
++++ b/lib/message.cc\r
+@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ _notmuch_message_get_term (notmuch_message_t *message,\r
+ if (i == end)\r
+ return NULL;\r
+ \r
+- std::string term = *i;\r
++ const std::string &term = *i;\r
+ if (strncmp (term.c_str(), prefix, prefix_len))\r
+ return NULL;\r
+ \r
+@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ _notmuch_message_add_directory_terms (void *ctx, notmuch_message_t *message)\r
+ unsigned int directory_id;\r
+ const char *direntry, *directory;\r
+ char *colon;\r
+- const std::string term = *i;\r
++ const std::string &term = *i;\r
+ \r
+ /* Terminate loop at first term without desired prefix. */\r
+ if (strncmp (term.c_str (), direntry_prefix, direntry_prefix_len))\r
+-- \r
+2.1.3\r
+\r