On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Chris Chiappa wrote: > programs which generally work well. But it's not obvious to me that someone > who's not familiar with *why* there's a 32k buffer in the first place should
It is 32k because 32k seemed like a reasonable number (something like 10x the largest seen at the time). The buffer doesn't resize because having a single stanza that is larger than 32k didn't seem likely - and actually suggests the file is in fact not a properly formed status file. There is no resizing code, because quite frankly, a 32k stanza is insane. Making the buffer double in size (resize) when a stanza fills it should be quite simple, however you risk using up all memory if you point it at a big file that isn't actually a package file. mmap isn't used because this code is sometimes used on pipes. The bug has been open for 6 months mostly likely because - a 32k stanza is insane. Jason
