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Best Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? 

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[ Reposting; this one uses free(), not realloc() ]

char* Up⋅To⋅LF( char *B⁰ ) {
//  From (B⁰), return a string up to,
//  but not including, any LineFeed ( 10 ).
//
//  If possible, rewrite this using a temporary heap;
//  so the heap can be destroyed,
//  instead of calling free() and/or realloc().

  static int Sz⋅Buff = 1024 ;  static char *B¹ ;  char *LF;  int Len;

  if ( LF = strchr( B⁰, 10 ), !LF )  //  Do nothing.
    return B⁰ ;

  if ( Len = LF - B⁰ + 1, Len > Sz⋅Buff )
    //  Free the old buffer, alloc a larger one.
    Sz⋅Buff = Len, free( B¹ ), B¹ = 0 ;

  if ( !B¹ )  //  Create the buffer.
    B¹ = (char*)malloc( Sz⋅Buff );

  sprintf( B¹, "%.*s", --Len, B⁰ );  return B¹;  }

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Best  Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? mrc2323@cox.net (Mike Copeland) - 2012-04-13 15:03 -0700
  Re: Best  Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-14 10:21 +1200
  Re: Best  Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? copx <copx@gazeta.pl> - 2012-04-14 00:38 +0200
  Re: Best  Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-04-13 17:39 -0500
  Re: Best  Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-04-13 22:42 +0000
    Re: Best  Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes? red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2012-04-13 16:44 -0700
  Best Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes?  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-04-13 16:04 -0700
    Best Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes?  @Jeff-Relf.Me - 2012-04-13 17:16 -0700
      Re: Best Way to Handle Unknown Data Sizes?  Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-04-14 12:20 +1200

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