Does apr_table_get return a copy of the data?

Question

If I call apr_table_get, do I get a copy of the data or just a pointer into the pool with the data? (I want to change the value somehow and don't know if I would be crushing the pool data.) Also, do I need to free the data. The man page (Table and Array Functions) doesn't answer this question.

Answer 1

You get a copy of the pointer. So, no. If you want a copy of the data it points to, you need to make one.

This is why the return type is const!