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

From	"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
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Subject	Re: Challenge: tightest code to find-replace a string
Message-ID	<aerkv.210345$CE7.19802@fx17.am4> (permalink)
Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2014-06-06 23:26 +0100

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"Ben Bacarisse" <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote in message
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> "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

>> (Although you'd have to decide whether file names or handles are going
>> to be passed. If this is the only find&replace operation on the file,
>> then file names are probably more appropriate, although it will need
>> more error-checking inside the function.)
>
> Why would you ever use file names?  It's inherently a stream operation,
> so limiting it to named files just makes it clunky, in my view.

I don't understand streams. I like things to have a beginning and an end,
and a whole file is a well-understood chunk of data to work on, if it's not
possible to just  work on strings (which would be my approach; then it would
be independent from files *and* streams).

Imagine if you were creating some string functions where strings didn't have
a well-defined end and could conceivably have an unlimited length...

-- 
Bartc

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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

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