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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dbus/dbus-message.c b/dbus/dbus-message.c
index 38ae317a..85252005 100644
--- a/dbus/dbus-message.c
+++ b/dbus/dbus-message.c
@@ -2112,10 +2112,10 @@ dbus_message_iter_append_fixed_array (DBusMessageIter *iter,
* dbus_message_iter_close_container(). Container types are for
* example struct, variant, and array. For variants, the
* contained_signature should be the type of the single value inside
- * the variant. For structs, contained_signature should be #NULL; it
- * will be set to whatever types you write into the struct. For
- * arrays, contained_signature should be the type of the array
- * elements.
+ * the variant. For structs and dict entries, contained_signature
+ * should be #NULL; it will be set to whatever types you write into
+ * the struct. For arrays, contained_signature should be the type of
+ * the array elements.
*
* @todo If this fails due to lack of memory, the message is hosed and
* you have to start over building the whole message.
@@ -2142,7 +2142,21 @@ dbus_message_iter_open_container (DBusMessageIter *iter,
_dbus_return_val_if_fail (sub != NULL, FALSE);
_dbus_return_val_if_fail ((type == DBUS_TYPE_STRUCT &&
contained_signature == NULL) ||
+ (type == DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY &&
+ contained_signature == NULL) ||
contained_signature != NULL, FALSE);
+ _dbus_return_val_if_fail (type != DBUS_TYPE_DICT_ENTRY ||
+ dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type (iter) == DBUS_TYPE_ARRAY,
+ FALSE);
+
+#if 0
+ /* FIXME this would fail if the contained_signature is a dict entry,
+ * since dict entries are invalid signatures standalone (they must be in
+ * an array)
+ */
+ _dbus_return_val_if_fail (contained_signature == NULL ||
+ _dbus_check_is_valid_signature (contained_signature));
+#endif
if (!_dbus_message_iter_open_signature (real))
return FALSE;