[ILUG] nice C question...

[Martin Donlon]

On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 12:29:28PM -0400, kevin lyda wrote:
> ugh, constant bad:
> 
>     # define BS_LEN 255
>     char big_string[BS_LEN];
Heh, don't nit-pick so much kevin, I merely tried to show some working
code.

> > big_string[0]=0;
> > 
> > while( *nums ){
> >    snprintf( big_string, 254, "%s %d", big_string, *nums );
> 
> eek.  inefficient and possibly undefined (didn't check the man page).  try this
> instead:
Probably right on both counts.

> > statements like *nums++!=0 are just plain evil and unneccesary, IMHO
> 
> uh-huh...
Um, is that a negative or positive response?


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Martin
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