Re: [PATCH] Make strbuf_cmp inline, constify its arguments and optimize it a bit
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 02:24:25PM +0000, Timo Hirvonen wrote:
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> Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > +static inline int strbuf_cmp(const struct strbuf *a, const struct strbuf *b)
> > +{
> > + int len = a->len < b->len ? a->len: b->len;
> > + int cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, len);
> > + if (cmp)
> > + return cmp;
> > + return a->len < b->len ? -1: a->len != b->len;
> > +}
>
> strbuf->buf is always non-NULL and NUL-terminated so you could just do
>
> static inline int strbuf_cmp(const struct strbuf *a, const struct strbuf *b)
> {
> int len = a->len < b->len ? a->len : b->len;
> return memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, len + 1);
> } doesn't work, because a buffer can have (in some very specific cases)
an embeded NUL.
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