From 793e2a931717aae650e6e0471a74bc8a2de7f204 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Strachan <james.strachan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:31:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix compiler error

---
 .../src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/doc/KDocConfig.kt  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libraries/kdoc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/doc/KDocConfig.kt b/libraries/kdoc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/doc/KDocConfig.kt
index a1d7e0ef881..229e6e90c67 100644
--- a/libraries/kdoc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/doc/KDocConfig.kt
+++ b/libraries/kdoc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/doc/KDocConfig.kt
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ class KDocConfig() {
 }
 
 protected class LongestFirstStringComparator() : Comparator<String> {
-    override fun compare(s1: String, s2: String): Int {
+    override fun compare(s1: String?, s2: String?): Int {
+        // TODO could we make this kind of code much easier?
+        if (s1 == s2) return 0
+        if (s1 == null) return -1
+        if (s2 == null) return 1
         var answer = s1.length() - s2.length()
         if (answer == 0) {
             answer = s1.compareTo(s2)