Re: anyone been able to page_string the where command?

From: John Neil (neil@alamo.mth.pdx.edu)
Date: 03/27/95


On Mon, 27 Mar 1995, Michael K. Lee wrote:

> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 13:11:44 -0800 (PST)
> From: Michael K. Lee <mklee@Sun2.IS.csupomona.edu>
> To: Circle Mailing List <circle@pvv.unit.no>
> Subject: anyone been able to page_string the where command?
> 
> 
> Has anyone been able to page break the immortal where command?
> the print_objects... function sprintfs to a buf, then sends_to_char
> right away.  Can we forget about the send_to_char in the function
> and add page_string(ch->desc, buf) instead, at the end?
> 
> mike
> 

You can, but you have to take great care with the SIZE of the buffer.  It 
is very easy for a where command to get a buffer size which is way out of 
hand.  The checks you have to put on the size must be very conservative.

--John

John Neil                                        e-mail:  neil@math.mth.pdx.edu
Mathematics Department UNIX SysAdmin and Maple Tech. Rep.
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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