Paul D. Smith wrote: > I'd much prefer to keep a pointer to the end of the buffer: this won't > change so it doesn't need to be managed. For example, something like: > > char *strpchr(const char *str, const char *endp, int c); > > or whatever. > > Of course, there aren't any standard str*() or mem*() functions that I'm > aware of that use an end pointer instead of a length.
I read this and could not help but notice the similarity to the C++ STL iterators. However the STL always uses a pointer to one beyond the end of the data while the above (if I read that correctly) uses a pointer within the bounds. I am not saying one is better than the other. Just noting the similarity and the difference. Bob _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
