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| author | m-holger <m-holger@kubitscheck.org> | 2023-08-25 13:25:06 +0200 |
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| committer | m-holger <m-holger@kubitscheck.org> | 2023-08-25 13:25:06 +0200 |
| commit | 6574dc5c030f866d560dc43cc7a10263ebc71e27 (patch) | |
| tree | ea7d253c356faf0ad98886c2e9b3c08eebc930e8 | |
| parent | 34491c612d59b414cdeea47170d880a7f0783766 (diff) | |
| download | qpdf-6574dc5c030f866d560dc43cc7a10263ebc71e27.tar.zst | |
Store indirect nulls in QPDF_Dictionary
| -rw-r--r-- | libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc index df83632c..942e6d9e 100644 --- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc +++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc @@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ void QPDF_Dictionary::replaceKey(std::string const& key, QPDFObjectHandle value) { if (value.isNull() && !value.isIndirect()) { - // The PDF spec doesn't distinguish between keys with null values and missing keys. + // The PDF spec doesn't distinguish between keys with null values and missing keys. Allow + // indirect nulls which are equivalent to a dangling reference, which is permitted by the + // spec. removeKey(key); } else { // add or replace value |