/*
  An Error example, How NOT to return a SafeString

  by Matthew Ford
  Copyright(c)2020 Forward Computing and Control Pty. Ltd.
  This example code is in the public domain.

   install the SafeString library from the Arduino Library manager or
   download and install the SafeString zip file from
  www.forward.com.au/pfod/ArduinoProgramming/SafeString/index.html
*/
#include "SafeString.h"
int count = 0;
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  for (int i = 10; i > 0; i--) {
    Serial.print(' '); Serial.print(i);
    delay(500);
  }
  Serial.println();
  Serial.println(F("This example tries to pass back a SafeString object as a return.  It does not compile and give the error message"));
  Serial.println(F("  SafeString(const SafeString& other ); // You must declare SafeStrings function arguments as a reference, SafeString&,  e.g. void test(SafeString& strIn)"));
}

SafeString loopCountStr(int num) {
  createSafeString(str, 40, "loop count = "); // create a SafeString
  str += num; // update it
  return str; // try and return it
}

void loop() {
  count = 1;
  Serial.println(loopCountStr(count));  // try and print result
  Serial.println(F(" Finished"));
  while (1) { } // stop here
}