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Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser

From Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser
Date 2024-06-23 12:31 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <87wmmfq4if.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink)
References <v53sl1$35qt7$1@dont-email.me> <v558hv$3dskb$1@dont-email.me> <20240623034624.135@kylheku.com>

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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:

>> On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:45:21 -0300, Thiago Adams wrote:
>>
>>> Page 145, The C programming Language 2 Edition
>>> 
>>> /* install:  put (name, defn) in hashtab */
>>> struct nlist *install(char *name, char *defn)
>>> {
>>>      struct nlist *np;
>>>      unsigned hashval;
>>> 
>>>      if ((np = lookup(name)) == NULL) {  /* not found */
>>>          np = (struct nlist *) malloc(sizeof(*np));
>>>          if (np == NULL || (np->name = strdup(name)) == NULL)
>>>              return NULL;
>>>          hashval = hash(name);
>>>          np->next = hashtab[hashval];
>>>          hashtab[hashval] = np;
>>>      } else      /* already there */
>>>          free((void *) np->defn);  /* free previous defn */
>>> 
>>>      if ((np->defn = strdup(defn)) == NULL)
>>>          return NULL;
>>>      return np;
>>> }

[snip attempts at tidying up...]
> Watch and learn:
>
>   struct nlist *install(char *name, char *defn)
>   {
>     struct nlist *existing = lookup(name);
>
>     if (existing) {
>       return existing;
>     } else {
>       struct nlist *np = calloc(1, sizeof (struct nlist));
>       char *dupname = strdup(name);
>       char *dupdefn = strdup(defn);
>       unsigned hashval = hash(name);
>
>       if (np && dupname && dupdefn) {
>         np->name = dupname;
>         np->defn = dupdefn;
>         np->next = hashtab[hashval];
>         hashtab[hashval] = np;
>         return np;
>       }
>
>       free(dupdefn);
>       free(dupname);
>       free(np);
>
>       return NULL;
>     }
>   }

You've over-simplified.  The function needs to replace the definition
with a strdup'd string (introduction another way to fail) when the name
is found by lookup.  It's just another nested if that's needed.  I don't
get why the goto crowd want to complicate it so much.

-- 
Ben.

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Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 09:45 -0300
  Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 01:14 +0000
    Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-21 20:19 -0700
    Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-23 02:23 +0300
      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 23:30 +0000
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2024-06-23 00:53 +0100
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-23 23:50 +0000
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:59 +0300
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:31 +0000
      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-23 11:23 +0100
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:33 +0300
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-24 00:36 +0100
            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:29 +0000
            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-06-24 04:38 +0200
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 02:56 +0000
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    Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-23 11:02 +0000
      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-23 12:31 +0100
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:25 +0300
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-23 22:58 +0000
            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 02:14 +0300
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:31 +0000
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-24 00:25 +0100
            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:34 +0000
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-06-24 11:39 +0200
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 23:00 +0000
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-06-25 10:25 +0200
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-25 08:37 +0000
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-24 11:53 +0100
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 23:01 +0000
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-25 01:42 +0100
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-25 01:21 +0000
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-25 14:06 +0100
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                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-26 05:18 +0000
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                Re: [OT] Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-26 16:26 +0000
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            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2024-06-25 11:47 +0300
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-25 14:36 +0100
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-25 22:51 +0000
                Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2024-06-30 23:33 +0300
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      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:40 +0300
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-23 23:04 +0000
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  Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-29 00:02 +0000
    Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-29 00:19 +0000

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