Re: [PATCH] dir.c: avoid c99 array initialization
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
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> For just these 5 values it is likely more effective to just use
> a conditional statement (less stack requested, less likely
> some stupid compiler tries to optimize it wrongly).
> And just as readable.
>
> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> index 92452eb..1cf5985 100644
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -680,17 +680,12 @@ static int cmp_name(const void *p1, const void *p2)
> */
> static int simple_length(const char *match)
> {
> - const char special[256] = {
> - [0] = 1, ['?'] = 1,
> - ['\\'] = 1, ['*'] = 1,
> - ['['] = 1
> - };
> int len = -1;
>
> for (;;) {
> unsigned char c = *match++;
> len++;
> - if (special[c])
> + if (!c || '?' == c || '\\' == c || '*' == c || '[' == c)I am reminded of a year old thread with my patch to this:
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/4/15/243541
The patch never applied. I wonder why. Was it just Dscho's comment?
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Shawn.