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| From | Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Counted strings |
| Date | 2016-12-04 21:22 +0100 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <o21ttc$15ck$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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On 04-12-16 21:04, David Brown wrote: >>> Yes, but supporting three different sizes (8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit) >>> makes access to all three sizes a little more complicated and less >>> efficient. And an extra couple of bytes on a string in the 255 - 65535 >>> range is a minor cost in space. Also, you need some bits to encode the >>> choice of size - for 8/32, one bit is sufficient and your real sizes are >>> 7-bit and 31-bit. For 8/16/32, you need two bits and your sizes are >>> 6-bit, 14-bit and 30-bit. (More complicated schemes are, of course, >>> perfectly possible - at the cost of more run-time in figuring out the >>> true length of the string.) >> >> Again, for normal text files, supporting 32 bit doesn't make sense. > > Even then, it depends on what you are doing. If you are writing a > "less" or "grep" utility, then storing everything as a single big string > makes sense - and you'd need more than 16-bit. For single-string applications like grep or less trying to save a byte or two in the counting data doesn't make much sense. :) -- Robert Spanjaard
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Re: Counted strings Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-06 11:25 -0800
Re: Counted strings fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 05:28 -0800
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Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 07:29 -0800
Re: Counted strings fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 07:39 -0800
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Re: Counted strings fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 08:32 -0800
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Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 10:36 -0800
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Re: Counted strings Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-06 08:26 +1300
Re: Counted strings BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-05 19:36 +0000
Re: Counted strings Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-06 08:41 +1300
Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 11:48 -0800
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Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 12:18 -0800
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Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 13:29 -0800
Re: Counted strings jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-05 15:37 -0800
Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 15:43 -0800
Re: Counted strings David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-06 13:40 +0100
Re: Counted strings "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-06 12:00 -0500
Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 10:09 -0800
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Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-06 12:56 -0800
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Re: Counted strings BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-05 17:31 +0000
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Re: Counted strings Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-05 22:11 +0000
Re: Counted strings BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-06 02:13 +0000
Re: Counted strings David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-05 21:57 +0100
Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 13:01 -0800
Re: Counted strings BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-05 21:22 +0000
Re: Counted strings Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-06 10:25 +1300
Re: Counted strings BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-05 21:36 +0000
Re: Counted strings jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2016-12-05 22:33 +0100
Re: Counted strings "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 17:03 -0500
Re: Counted strings supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-04 08:57 -0800
Re: Counted strings Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-04 20:19 +0100
Re: Counted strings David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-04 20:24 +0100
Re: Counted strings Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-04 20:37 +0100
Re: Counted strings David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-04 21:04 +0100
Re: Counted strings Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-04 21:22 +0100
Re: Counted strings BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-04 22:37 +0000
Re: Counted strings David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2016-12-10 22:42 -0500
Re: Counted strings Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-10 23:17 -0800
Re: Counted strings Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 11:48 +0000
Re: Counted strings Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-11 04:40 -0800
Re: Counted strings Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-11 10:56 +0100
Re: Counted strings Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-12-05 15:47 -0600
Re: Counted strings Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 22:01 +0000
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Re: Counted strings "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-12-05 20:18 -0800
Re: Counted strings Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-06 11:05 +0100
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