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Re: trim_common_tail bug?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 15, 2007, 20:02 UTC
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<20071215200202.GA3334@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 09:49:06AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Shoot.  Thanks for spotting.
> 
> Wouldn't it be enough to do:
> 
>   	for (i = 0, recovered = 0; recovered < trimmed && i <= ctx; i++) {
> 		while (recovered < trimmed && ap[recovered++] != '\n')
> 	        	; /* nothing */
> 	}
> 
> then (warning: I haven't had my coffee yet)?

Yes, I think that is equivalent. My sleep-deprived brain keeps thinking there must be a more clear way of writing this whole loop, but it escapes me at the moment.

-Peff
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