Surlignage Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 02:13:57PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > NPAR times :-). As I stated, npar is unsigned. > > I think that's disgusting then - it isn't obvious what's going on, which > leads to mistakes. > > For the sake of a micro-optimisation such as this, it's far more important > that the code be readable and easily understandable. > > Others may disagree. >
I agree :) . But, if we look to the code, we can notice that there is actually no reason for npar to be unsigned. What do you think of this version? --- old/drivers/char/vt.c 2004-12-24 22:35:25.000000000 +0100 +++ new/drivers/char/vt.c 2005-02-28 12:53:57.933256631 +0100 @@ -1655,9 +1655,9 @@ vc_state = ESnormal; return; case ESsquare: - for(npar = 0 ; npar < NPAR ; npar++) + for(npar = NPAR - 1; npar >= 0; npar--) par[npar] = 0; + npar++; - npar = 0; vc_state = ESgetpars; if (c == '[') { /* Function key */ vc_state=ESfunckey; --- old/include/linux/console_struct.h 2004-12-24 22:33:48.000000000 +0100 +++ old/include/linux/console_struct.h 2005-02-28 14:49:53.653616335 +0100 @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ unsigned short vc_video_erase_char; /* Background erase character */ /* VT terminal data */ unsigned int vc_state; /* Escape sequence parser state */ - unsigned int vc_npar,vc_par[NPAR]; /* Parameters of current escape sequence */ + unsigned int vc_par[NPAR]; /* Parameters of current escape sequence */ + int vc_npar; /* Current position in vc_par */ struct tty_struct *vc_tty; /* TTY we are attached to */ /* mode flags */ unsigned int vc_charset : 1; /* Character set G0 / G1 */ -- Emmanuel Colbus Club GNU/Linux ENSIMAG - Departement telecoms ------------------------------------------------- envoyé via Webmail/IMAG ! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/