--- libsi/descriptor.h	2004/03/07 11:13:54	1.7
+++ libsi/descriptor.h	2004/03/20 10:52:22	1.8
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 class ExtendedEventDescriptors : public DescriptorGroup {
 public:
-   int getMaximumTextLength();
+   int getMaximumTextLength(const char *separation1="\t", const char *separation2="\n");
    //Returns a concatenated version of first the non-itemized and then the itemized text
    //same semantics as with SI::String
    char *getText(const char *separation1="\t", const char *separation2="\n");
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
    //Between the description and the text the separation1 character is used,
    //separation2 used between two pairs. Example:
    //Director\tSteven Spielberg\nActor\tMichael Mendl\n
-   int getMaximumTextItemizedLength();
+   int getMaximumTextItemizedLength(const char *separation1="\t", const char *separation2="\n");
    char *getTextItemized(const char *separation1="\t", const char *separation2="\n");
    char *getTextItemized(char *buffer, const char *separation1="\t", const char *separation2="\n");
    //returns the itemized text pair by pair. Maximum length for buffers is 256.
--- libsi/descriptor.c	2004/03/13 15:08:12	1.10
+++ libsi/descriptor.c	2004/03/20 10:51:49	1.11
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@
    return ret;
 }*/
 
-int ExtendedEventDescriptors::getMaximumTextLength() {
-   return getMaximumTextPlainLength()+getMaximumTextItemizedLength();
+int ExtendedEventDescriptors::getMaximumTextLength(const char *separation1, const char *separation2) {
+   //add length of plain text, of itemized text with separators, and for one separator between the two fields.
+   return getMaximumTextPlainLength()+getMaximumTextItemizedLength(separation1, separation2)+strlen(separation2);
 }
 
 char *ExtendedEventDescriptors::getText(const char *separation1, const char *separation2) {
-   char *text=new char[getMaximumTextLength()+strlen(separation1)+strlen(separation2)];
+   char *text=new char[getMaximumTextLength(separation1, separation2)];
    return getText(text, separation1, separation2);
 }
 
@@ -171,20 +172,21 @@
    return buffer;
 }
 
-int ExtendedEventDescriptors::getMaximumTextItemizedLength() {
+int ExtendedEventDescriptors::getMaximumTextItemizedLength(const char *separation1, const char *separation2) {
    int ret=0;
+   int sepLength=strlen(separation1)+strlen(separation2)-2;
    for (int i=0;i<length;i++) {
       ExtendedEventDescriptor *d=(ExtendedEventDescriptor *)array[i];
       if (!d)
          continue;
-      //the size for the two separating characters is included ;-)
-      ret+=d->itemLoop.getLength();
+      //The length includes two 8-bit length fields which have already been subtracted from sepLength
+      ret+=d->itemLoop.getLength()+sepLength;
    }
    return ret;
 }
 
 char *ExtendedEventDescriptors::getTextItemized(const char *separation1, const char *separation2) {
-   char *text=new char[getMaximumTextItemizedLength()+strlen(separation1)+strlen(separation2)];
+   char *text=new char[getMaximumTextItemizedLength(separation1, separation2)];
    return getTextItemized(text, separation1, separation2);
 }
 
--- eit.c	2004/03/13 13:54:20	1.93
+++ eit.c	2004/03/20 10:53:23	1.94
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
             pEvent->SetShortText(ShortEventDescriptor->text.getText(buffer));
             }
          if (ExtendedEventDescriptors) {
-            char buffer[ExtendedEventDescriptors->getMaximumTextLength()];
+            char buffer[ExtendedEventDescriptors->getMaximumTextLength(": ")];
             pEvent->SetDescription(ExtendedEventDescriptors->getText(buffer, ": "));
             }
          }