* xselect.c (Fx_get_atom_name): Avoid need for strlen.

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index b388b1e3ea7..0c7cac342d9 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-06-21  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+        * xselect.c (Fx_get_atom_name): Avoid need for strlen.
+
         * xrdb.c: Don't assume strlen fits in int; avoid some strlens.
         * xrdb.c (magic_file_p, search_magic_path):
         Omit last arg SUFFIX; it was always 0.  All callers changed.
diff --git a/src/xselect.c b/src/xselect.c
index 5b01fc22a42..7f4e0b40f62 100644
--- a/src/xselect.c
+++ b/src/xselect.c
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ If the value is 0 or the atom is not known, return the empty string.  */)
   x_uncatch_errors ();
 
   if (!had_errors)
-    ret = make_string (name, strlen (name));
+    ret = build_string (name);
 
   if (atom && name) XFree (name);
   if (NILP (ret)) ret = empty_unibyte_string;