Parameter passing to the thread reworked a bit

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp b/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp
index 5ddf03c..a740b58 100644
--- a/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp
+++ b/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp
@@ -41,20 +41,21 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "stocktickerpluginwidget.h"
 
 QString output;
 OTicker *stocktickerTicker;
 
-void getStocks( const char *blah) {
+void getStocks(char *blah) {
 
 //    stocktickerTicker->setText( "Downloading stock data.");
     stock *stocks_quotes=NULL;
     stock *stocks_tmp;
-    char *stock_liste = blah;
+    QCString stock_liste = blah;
+    ::free ( blah );
     //    char *stock_liste = (char *)blah->latin1();
-    qDebug("%s", stock_liste );
+    qDebug("%s", stock_liste.data() );
     QString tempString;
     output = "";
 
     libstocks_return_code error;
 
     Config cfg( "stockticker");
@@ -97,13 +98,13 @@ void getStocks( const char *blah) {
 //             exit(1);
          }
      }
  }
 //    char *stock_liste = (char *)blah;
       /* Get the stocks and process errors */
-    error = get_stocks( stock_liste, &stocks_quotes);
+    error = get_stocks( stock_liste.data(), &stocks_quotes);
 
     if (error) {
         printf("Error in getting stocks (%d)\n", error);
         tempString.sprintf("Error in getting stocks (%d)\n", error);
         output =tempString;
         return;
@@ -249,14 +250,14 @@ void StockTickerPluginWidget::doStocks() {
     cfg.setGroup("Timer");
     stocktickerTicker->setUpdateTime( cfg.readNumEntry("ScrollSpeed",50));
     stocktickerTicker->setScrollLength( cfg.readNumEntry("ScrollLength",10));
 
     if (!symbollist.isEmpty()) {
         pthread_t thread1;
-        char *blah = symbollist.latin1();
-        pthread_create(&thread1,NULL, (void * (*)(void *))getStocks, blah);
+        char *blah = ::strdup(symbollist.latin1());
+        pthread_create(&thread1,NULL, (void * (*)(void *))getStocks, (void *) blah);
     }
 }
 
 void StockTickerPluginWidget::timerEvent( QTimerEvent *e ) {
     killTimer(e->timerId());
     checkConnection();