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On 06/02/18 15:51, Martijn van Duren wrote:
> Hello tech@,
>
> The following patch removes the non-backwards case for GET_THIRD_ADDR.
> POSIX states nothing about making it optional, and since it is our and
> NetBSD's current behaviour, just leave it as is.
>
> I can see how for interactive use making the 3rd argument default to
> the current address could make life easier, but if people use that
> behaviour in scripts it makes them less non-portable, so lets just
> discourage it altogether.
>
> OK?
>
> martijn@
>
> Index: main.c
> ===
> RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/ed/main.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.62
> diff -u -p -r1.62 main.c
> --- main.c24 May 2018 06:24:29 - 1.62
> +++ main.c2 Jun 2018 13:50:06 -
> @@ -404,7 +404,6 @@ next_addr(void)
> }
>
>
> -#ifdef BACKWARDS
> /* GET_THIRD_ADDR: get a legal address from the command buffer */
> #define GET_THIRD_ADDR(addr) \
> do { \
> @@ -425,26 +424,6 @@ next_addr(void)
> first_addr = ol1; \
> second_addr = ol2; \
> } while (0)
> -
> -#else/* BACKWARDS */
> -/* GET_THIRD_ADDR: get a legal address from the command buffer */
> -#define GET_THIRD_ADDR(addr) \
> - do { \
> - int ol1, ol2; \
> - \
> - ol1 = first_addr; \
> - ol2 = second_addr; \
> - if (extract_addr_range() < 0) \
> - return ERR; \
> - if (second_addr < 0 || addr_last < second_addr) { \
> - seterrmsg("invalid address"); \
> - return ERR; \
> - } \
> - addr = second_addr; \
> - first_addr = ol1; \
> - second_addr = ol2; \
> - } while (0)
> -#endif
>
>
> /* GET_COMMAND_SUFFIX: verify the command suffix in the command buffer */
>