Re: [PATCH] areadlink-with-size: guess a buffer size with 0 size

[Paul Eggert]

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Your patch has the advantage of allocating the exact right sized buffer
> in the usual case, but the disadvantage of CPU overhead in string length 
> determination,
> and some extra code complexity in the separate small buffer handling.

I think the code complexity is worth it, to avoid calling realloc in the typical 
case when the size is not known. The string length determination can easily be 
avoided, so I installed the attached which does that.

0001-areadlink-with-size-avoid-realloc-when-size-0.patch
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