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authorAbseil Team <absl-team@google.com>2024-01-09 09:38:37 -0800
committerCopybara-Service <copybara-worker@google.com>2024-01-09 09:39:16 -0800
commit7f409cb3c04694cdf867a04f11121eab35a67597 (patch)
tree27034d14bfa33118e55c86d59c7e11cc8010b6b7
parent3b26f7e53bbe287deb57c75c796f17c9a82229a1 (diff)
downloadgoogletest-7f409cb3c04694cdf867a04f11121eab35a67597.tar.gz
Add a note about argv requiring NULL termination.
Fixes: #4434 PiperOrigin-RevId: 596960654 Change-Id: I1f70cc0801764fe0328030c46254f82eb9893a49
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@@ -1317,7 +1317,9 @@ tests.
Initializes GoogleTest. This must be called before calling
[`RUN_ALL_TESTS()`](#RUN_ALL_TESTS). In particular, it parses the command line
for the flags that GoogleTest recognizes. Whenever a GoogleTest flag is seen, it
-is removed from `argv`, and `*argc` is decremented.
+is removed from `argv`, and `*argc` is decremented. Keep in mind that `argv`
+must terminate with a `NULL` pointer (i.e. `argv[argc]` is `NULL`), which is
+already the case with the default `argv` passed to `main`.
No value is returned. Instead, the GoogleTest flag variables are updated.