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Re: [PATCH] Really *do* nothing in while loop

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TGThomas Glanzmann <sithglan@stud.uni-erlangen.de>
Date
May 8, 2005, 11:18 UTC
Message-ID
<20050508111840.GB12436@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
In-Reply-To
<427DE086.40307@tls.msk.ru>
Hello,
> >-		/* nothing */
> >+		/* nothing */;
> Well, the lack of semicolon is wrong really (and funny).
yes, it is but harmless in this envrionment.
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> But is the whole while loop needed at all?  deflate()
> consumes as much input as it can, producing as much output
> as it can.  So without the loop, and without updating the
> buffer pointers ({next,avail}_{in,out}) it will do just
> fine without the loop, and will return something != Z_OK
> on next iteration.  If this is to mean to flush output,
> it should be deflate(&stream, Z_FLUSH) or something.
I have no idea.
> P.S.  What's git@vger.kernel.org for ?

It is the list which handles GIT related discussions. Frontend/backend and isn't kernel related.

	Thomas
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  1. Really *do* nothing in while loopThomas Glanzmann, May 8, 2005
  2. Michael TokarevMay 8, 2005
  3. Thomas GlanzmannMay 8, 2005
  4. James PurserMay 8, 2005
  5. jdowMay 8, 2005
  6. Michael TokarevMay 8, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2005
  8. Daniel BarkalowMay 8, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2005

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