Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string

From	raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string
Date	2014-06-10 10:06 +0000
Organization	Go wash your mouth.
Message-ID	<5396d7dd.2331546@news.xs4all.nl> (permalink)
References	(3 earlier) <06565dc2-0168-425d-b32e-8db5d93e2a4d@googlegroups.com> <lnbnu3nio9.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> <2f848f76-4008-414d-bf53-ace7ed92ec52@googlegroups.com> <5395e72b.24075968@news.xs4all.nl> <xx-20140609191937@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

Show all headers | View raw

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:

> raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
> >Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >>it mustn't crash or fail to return on any input. But it probably doesn't matter
> >>if replace 'abcabc' 'x' called on abcabcabc returns xabc xx or even abcabcabc. 
> >On the contrary. If my word processor gave me anything but "xabc" under
> >those circumstances, I'd start using another.
> 
>   You are responding to:
> 
> |... called on abcabcabc returns xabc or even abcabcabc.

No, what I'm responding to is still up there in the quoted post.

>   Malcolm wrote:
> 
> |... called on abcabcabc returns xabc xx or even abcabcabc.

Quite.

>   Malcolm failed to clearly indicate the boundaries of the string.
>   Still, taking » xx« to be a part of the string, is the only way
>   to parse the English sentence, as long as there is no comma after
>   the »xabc«.

I presumed that Malcolm was merely being sloppy, and had omitted a comma
he intended to be there. I often disagree with him, but I don't think
he's daft enough to believe that "replace 'abcabc' 'x'" on "abcabcabc"
could result in "xabc xx". Even by his standards, that would be an
unacceptably excentric bug.

Richard

Thread

Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-06 00:08 -0400
  Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-06 04:34 -0400
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2014-06-06 10:04 +0000
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-06 07:27 -0500
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-06 11:55 -0500
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2014-06-06 20:47 +0200
  Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2014-06-06 06:05 +0000
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2014-06-06 10:17 +0200
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2014-06-08 21:20 +1200
  Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-06 14:41 +0100
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-06 16:29 +0100
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2014-06-06 17:27 +0000
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-06 22:16 +0100
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-06 23:26 +0100
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-06 23:38 +0100
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-06 08:31 -0700
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-06 22:12 +0100
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2014-06-07 12:19 -0700
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2014-06-07 13:38 -0700
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-06-08 10:34 +0000
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-07 18:30 -0400
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-08 13:09 +0100
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-08 12:42 -0400
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-09 01:44 +0100
            Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-08 22:15 -0700
              Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-09 12:58 +0100
            Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2014-06-09 06:40 +0000
              Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-09 13:04 +0100
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-09 15:27 +0100
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-09 16:22 +0100
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-09 18:06 +0100
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-09 22:38 +0100
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2014-06-10 00:57 -0700
  Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-07 17:36 -0400
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-08 09:57 +0100
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-08 12:43 -0400
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-08 15:27 -0700
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-09 10:02 +0100
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-09 08:03 -0700
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-08 04:43 -0700
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-08 13:26 -0400
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-08 15:24 -0700
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-09 08:39 -0700
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-09 08:57 -0700
            Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-09 09:52 -0700
              Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-09 11:25 -0700
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-09 13:42 -0700
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-09 15:02 -0700
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-09 16:04 -0700
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-06-10 10:23 +0000
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-06-09 16:57 +0000
            Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-06-10 10:06 +0000
  Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2014-06-09 12:43 -0700
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2014-06-09 14:32 -0700
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2014-06-09 16:09 -0700
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-06-09 21:35 -0400
    Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2014-06-10 09:39 -0400
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-06-10 11:26 -0400
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2014-06-11 16:16 +0000
      Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-11 09:25 -0700
        Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-11 13:48 -0700
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-11 22:04 +0100
            Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-11 14:59 -0700
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2014-06-11 21:35 +0000
          Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-11 14:56 -0700
            Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-12 02:24 -0700
              Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-06-12 09:09 -0700
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2014-06-13 00:40 -0700
                Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-06-13 09:17 +0100
  Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid> - 2014-06-14 13:12 -0700

csiph-web