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

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 8, 2005, 21:35 UTC
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>>>>> "DB" == Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
DB> On Sun, 8 May 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>

MT> As I already said, deflate() in this case does only ONE iteration. MT> stream.avail_in is NOT changed in the loop (except of the deflate() MT> itself, where it will be set to 0 - provided out buffer have enouth MT> room)....

>> 
>> Just a stupid question, but what happens when we do not have
>> enough room in the buffer?

DB> We must have enough room; we sized the buffer with deflateBound to fit the DB> worst case.

Thanks for the explanation. Then do we still need to express it as a while loop?

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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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