On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 08:02:33AM -0400, David Fencik wrote: > Now that I think about it...the "buffer overflow" problem is most likely > caused by the data in the "file read buffer" growing too large, not on > any restrictions placed on the list of bans.
Agreed. > As voogru stated, the most efficient and obvious way for the engine to > store the bans is in a linked list. It would also be terrible if that > list weren't sorted. A linked list would be very inefficient when searching a specific ID in the list. It would be better to use a hash or tree structure. (I don't know what Valve uses for ban lists..) > I'm thinking that the engine reads the file into a buffer and then > builds the list from there. There could either be a bug in the banlist > parser function, or maybe it is not coded intelligently enough to handle > a file larger than the buffer. Maarten -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
