Re: [Nmh-workers] Artificial argv limits.

[David Levine]

Paul F. wrote:

> david wrote:
>  > Paul F. wrote:
>  >
>  > > as for the rest of mh -- it's certainly possible to hit the MAXARGS
>  > > limit with other commands (show, for instance), but i suspect the
>  > > frequency is much lower, and those, too, can be fixed as needed.
>  >
>  > I'd vote for nuking these, as well:
>  >
>  >   uip/forw.c:         if (mp->numsel >= MAXARGS - i)
>  >   uip/mshcmds.c:      if (mp->numsel > MAXARGS - 1) {
>  >   uip/show.c:    if (mp->numsel > MAXARGS - 2)
>
> i'll take a look, and take a stab at them.  they'll need more
> careful review.

All of them load a statically sized array, so it would have
to be changed to dynamically allocated.  Maybe it's not
worth the trouble.  There'd be an inconsistency between
msh's rmm and the standalone, but I don't think we need to
invest any effort in maintaining msh.

David