[OCLUG-devel] malloc() woes

[Christopher Smith]

James Colannino wrote:

>James Colannino wrote:
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>>if (buffer[BUFFER_SIZE] != '\n') {
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>By the way, probably not a big deal since this doesn't concern my
>question, but since arrays start at 0, just for the record I'll change
>this to:
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> if (buffer[BUFFER_SIZE - 1] != '\n') {
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>or maybe:
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>if *(buffer + BUFFER_SIZE) != '\n') {
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>
If the buffer is filled, buffer[BUFFER_SIZE-1] should equal '\0'. It 
should never be '\n' unless from garbage memory.

--Chris