Added a reset_search function.

dict/dict_imp.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace dictcc
 {
+
+  dict::dict()
+  {
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+  }
+
   const std::string dict::URL_HTTPS = "https://";
   const std::string dict::URL_REST = ".dict.cc/?s=";
   const std::string dict::QUERYA = "c1Arr = new Array";
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ namespace dictcc
       l0.resize(min);
       l1.resize(min);
     }
-    // Make pair and return shared pointer to it.
+    // Make pair and make shared ptr if necessary.
     auto pair = std::make_pair(l0, l1);
     if (d_translations == nullptr) {
       d_translations = std::make_shared<search_t>(pair);
@@ -79,6 +85,20 @@ namespace dictcc
     return d_translations;
   }
 
+  void dict::reset_search(void)
+  {
+      // Initialize the word lists so they are not empty.
+      str_list_t l0(1, ""), l1(1, "");
+      auto pair = std::make_pair(l0, l1);
+      if (d_translations != nullptr)
+      {
+        *d_translations = pair;
+      } else {
+        // Apparently, the pointer has not been initialized yet.
+        d_translations = std::make_shared<search_t>(pair);
+      }
+  }
+
   std::string dict::langs2str(const lang_t& lt)
   {
     // TODO: Add new languages here.

dict/dict_int.h

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ namespace dictcc
     private:
       /*! \brief Translations found by the search for a string.
        */
-      search_ptr_t d_translations;
+      search_ptr_t d_translations = nullptr;
       /*! \brief Additional information e.g. different forms of a verb.
        */
-      search_ptr_t d_additional;
+      search_ptr_t d_additional = nullptr;
       curlpp::Easy d_request;
       curlpp::Cleanup d_cleaner;
       lang_t d_langs;
@@ -52,13 +52,18 @@ namespace dictcc
       std::string d_suburl;
 
     protected:
-      dict(){setlocale(LC_ALL, "");}
+      dict();
 
     public:
       virtual ~dict(){}
 
     public:
+      /*! \brief Perform a search and create a smart pointer object.
+       */
       search_ptr_t search(std::string word);
+      /*! \brief Make sure there are two empty word lists.
+       */
+      void reset_search(void);
       static std::string langs2str(const lang_t& lt);
       static lang_t str2langs(const std::string& str);
       /*! \brief Help function: Get the size of a string in chars containing multibyte characters e.g. ü.