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Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text

From Manfred <noname@invalid.add>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text
Date 2017-03-02 15:28 +0100
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <o99a65$p5v$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <o8ul21$ip3$1@dont-email.me> <ehiij4Ffgn1U1@mid.individual.net> <aa13d6d7-7cdf-4001-84fa-782ae8764b83@googlegroups.com> <ehq6ohF195iU1@mid.individual.net> <87fuiwlzjd.fsf@bsb.me.uk>

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On 3/2/2017 11:54 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> writes:
> <snip>
>
> There's a bug in the code, so I'll mention a couple of other things that
> are not very important since I posting about something that does matter.
>
<snip>
>>     {
>>       /**
>>        * Current character is alphanumeric, so we want to
>>        * append it to the buffer, extending the buffer if
>>        * necessary.
>>        */
>>       if ( charsRead < *bufsize || expand( buf, bufsize ) )
>
> I think you need <= here or you can overflow the buffer when it gets
> zero terminated.
Hm. You are right about overflow, but I think the solution should be:
        if ( (charsRead+1) < *bufsize || expand( buf, bufsize ) )

>
>>       {
>>         (*buf)[charsRead++] = c;
>>       }
>>       else if ( charsRead == *bufsize )
>>       {
>>         /**
>>          * Buffer expansion failed; push the latest character back on
>>          * to the input stream, terminate the buffer, and return a failure
>>          * code.  It's up to the caller to decide what to do next.
>>          */
>>         ungetc( c, stream );
>>         (*buf)[charsRead-1] = 0;
>>         return 0;
>>       }
>>     }
>>   }
>>   if ( charsRead > 0 )
>>   {
>>     /**
>>      * We hit EOF while reading an alphanumeric sequence; terminate
>>      * the buffer.
>>      */
>>     (*buf)[charsRead] = 0;
>>     return 1;
>>   }
>>
>>   return 0;
>> }
<snip>

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writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-02-26 04:14 -0800
  Re: writing a c program to substitute text fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-26 04:55 -0800
  Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-26 14:28 +0100
    Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-02-27 03:58 -0800
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-27 13:11 +0000
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-02-27 13:33 +0000
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-02-27 17:12 +0000
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-02-27 17:59 +0000
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 19:05 +0100
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-02-27 18:37 +0000
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-27 11:40 -0800
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-02-27 16:03 +0100
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-03-01 05:33 -0800
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text "D. Aaron Sawyer" <aaron@110.net> - 2017-03-01 10:32 -0400
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-03-01 06:59 -0800
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-03-01 15:24 +0000
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-03-02 01:47 -0800
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-03-02 11:05 +0000
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2017-02-27 13:33 +0000
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-27 09:10 -0800
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 19:07 +0100
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2017-02-27 18:23 +0000
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 14:46 +0100
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-27 09:27 -0500
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 15:28 +0100
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-27 09:38 -0500
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 15:44 +0100
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-27 10:36 -0500
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text Anglican <h.toms@qmul.ac.uk> - 2017-02-27 15:50 +0000
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 17:13 +0100
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-27 16:30 -0800
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 07:08 -0800
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 07:20 -0800
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 07:24 -0800
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-02-27 16:00 +0100
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-27 09:22 -0800
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 19:11 +0100
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2017-02-28 15:41 -0800
        solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-03-02 01:25 -0800
          Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-02 11:28 +0100
          Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-03-02 10:54 +0000
            Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-03-02 15:28 +0100
              Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-03-02 14:51 +0000
            Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2017-03-02 14:18 -0800
              Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-03-02 23:55 +0000
                Re: solved Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-03-14 18:32 -0700
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-17 07:04 -0700
    Re: writing a c program to substitute text jladasky@itu.edu - 2017-02-27 13:48 -0800
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-02-27 14:16 -0800
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-28 08:47 +0100
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-02-28 01:59 -0800
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-28 11:39 +0100
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-02-28 12:03 +0000
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-02-28 13:33 +0000
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-28 14:43 +0100
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-02-28 13:59 +0000
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-03-01 04:26 -0800
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 23:29 +0100
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-27 15:10 -0800
  Re: writing a c program to substitute text Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-26 06:42 -0800
    Re: writing a c program to substitute text Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-02-26 16:54 +0000
      [OT] "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-02-27 00:56 +0800
    Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-26 13:36 -0800
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-26 14:53 -0800
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 00:53 +0100
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-26 17:30 -0800
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                Re: writing a c program to substitute text Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-02-27 02:12 -0800
                Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-27 13:11 +0100
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        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-02-27 13:25 +0000
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-27 09:56 -0800
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  Re: writing a c program to substitute text "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-26 18:55 -0500
    Re: writing a c program to substitute text fred flintstone <fred@server.invalid> - 2017-02-28 04:20 -0800
      Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-28 14:38 +0100
        Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-28 08:33 -0800
          Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-28 19:38 +0100
            Re: writing a c program to substitute text Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-28 11:40 -0800
              Re: writing a c program to substitute text David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-02-28 21:03 +0100
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      Re: writing a c program to substitute text "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-02-28 11:43 -0500
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