Jonathan Gordon wrote:
> to limit the distance it has to seek back would it be better to read
> the smaller of MAX_PATH and buffer_size untill either the buffer is
> full or we hit a new line? instead of just reading the full buffer
> size?

In any case, the read_line() inefficiency is not a big deal. It is only
used to read config files and stuff, and that isn't really critical.

Linus
Received on 2006-07-15