"Brian Foster" <brian.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I'd tend to write this in terms of pointers,
> something along the lines (untested):
>
> char *p, *endp;
>
> assert(1 <= size);
> p = buf;
> endp = p + (size-1);
> while (p < endp) {
> if ((c = getc(in)) == EOF || (*p++ = c) == '\n')
> break;
> }
> *p = '\0';
>
> return p - buf;
Leave optimization to the compiler. Using pointer arithmetic more often
than not screws up loop optimization and strength reduction.
--
David Kastrup
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