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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: C is not a low level language
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"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> writes:
> (too many newsgroups, had to snip a few)
>
> Richard,
>
>> Indeed, although I'd cache the length rather than make the compiler find
>
> :-) And thats exactly the kind of thing you should try to avoid.
>
> In this simple example it will work, but you're /still/ trying to write a
> full buffers worth - when you should leave that last character untouched,
> just in case.

"Just in case" what, exactly?  Are you trying to guard against an
off-by-one error but not worry about an off-by-two error?

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */