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-rw-r--r--include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
index 1b0d481b..0569ec5d 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
@@ -98,7 +98,13 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
// for being written to output, or calling writeToken with a
// string token will also work. The correct way to construct a
// string token that would write the literal value (str) is
- // QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_string, "str").
+ // QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_string, "str"). A
+ // similar situation exists with tt_name. token.getValue() returns
+ // a normalized name with # codes resolved into characters, and
+ // may not be suitable for writing. You can pass it to
+ // QPDF_Name::normalizeName first, or you can use writeToken with
+ // a name token. The correct way to create a name token is
+ // QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_name, "/Name").
class QPDF_DLL_CLASS TokenFilter
{
public: