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Re: lynx-dev Re: BUG (weird one): long filenames, specialized
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Re: BUG (weird one): long filenames, specialized |
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Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:56:44 -0400 (EDT) |
>
> The reason _to_ move to automatic allocation is so that when one encounters
> file names or user inputs larger than you expected, lynx doesn't die ,
> generate an error, or permit people to execute code they should not be
> able to execute...
>
> I think _that's_ an exceptionally good reason to make the changes where
> input is not a fixed size.
right: if you _don't_ know how big it could be, and it could be "large",
automatic allocation is a solution. Another solution would be to discard
data that doesn't fit, but I don't like that much. Where performance is an
issue we can tune things (we do that in the code that does directory
listings, for example).
> Larry W. Virden <URL: mailto:address@hidden>
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