correction to what i just wrote: the mailbox file i was inc'ing from had a whole lot more than 100 messages in it. the inc stopped at 100, with the BUG message i quoted below. i just did another inc from there, and it pulled in another 319 messages.
paul > no sure whether this is directly related the to the following thread, > but i want to pass it on before i lose the text. i just did an inc of > 100 messages into an empty folder. i'm running a CVS snapshot from > around the time of the bad RC2 release. it has the simpler of the fixes > being discussed applied to it. i just got the following message: > inc: BUG: called folder_realloc with lo (1) > mp->lowmsg (0) > > i don't have time right now to look into this -- but i can provide more > details about my code base if anyone needs them... > > paul > > > > I do agree that mp->hghmsg++ is simpler than the whole chunk of code > > > (which I copied from folder_addmsg). I do think that mp->lowmsg > > > should be set to 1 if it was zero, though (since there is no message > > > number 0). Here's why: > > > > Both calls to folder_realloc() in inc.c use 'mp->lowoff', not 'mp->lowmsg' > > for the second argument 'int lo'. In 'folder_read()', this value will be > > at least 1, so the particular code you mention won't fail. > > > > In principle, I agree wholeheartedly about rigorous maintenance of state > > variables. The whole business of dealing with the variables in > > 'struct msgs' would be better handled with a C++ class, or just subroutines > > that are called when members need to be changed. > > > > However, the nmh code set is a bit of jumble, and I really worry about > > unintended side effects of a change that on the surface makes perfect sense. > > So at this point I'd want to study the handling of 'mp->lowmsg' before > > making the change. > > > > > > > > =--------------------- > paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 28.8 degrees) =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 27.5 degrees) _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
