On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 09:01 +0100, Tito wrote:
> Hi Denis,
> couldn't we change this 0x7f 
> 
> if (!(i & 0x7f))
>     /* Grow on every 128th char */
>     line = xrealloc(line, i + 0x7f + sizeof(int) + 1);
> 
> into a define
> 
> #define WHATEVER                          0x7f
> 
> so that it could be changed in one place
> and to improve readability for newbies like me. :-)
> 
> Just an idea.

see attatched patch

but im not sure if it makes code more readable

> 
> Ciao,
> Tito
Index: coreutils/tac.c
===================================================================
--- coreutils/tac.c	(revision 20841)
+++ coreutils/tac.c	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 
 /* This is a NOEXEC applet. Be very careful! */
 
+#define GROW_SIZE 128		/* must be a multiple by 2 */
+#define GROW_SIZE_BITMASK (GROW_SIZE - 1)
+
 struct lstring {
 	int size;
 	char buf[];
@@ -56,9 +59,9 @@
 		do {
 			ch = fgetc(f);
 			if (ch != EOF) {
-				if (!(i & 0x7f))
-					/* Grow on every 128th char */
-					line = xrealloc(line, i + 0x7f + sizeof(int) + 1);
+				if (!(i & GROW_SIZE_BITMASK))
+					/* Grow on every Nth char */
+					line = xrealloc(line, i + GROW_SIZE + sizeof(int));
 				line->buf[i++] = ch;
 			}
 			if ((ch == '\n' || ch == EOF) && i) {
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