i was pondering the problems associated with the say spell function,
specifically the infinite loop that occurs when one makes a new spell
with a character that is not in the syllable structure
while (*(lbuf + ofs)) {
for (j = 0; *(syls[j].org); j++) {
if (!strncmp(syls[j].org, lbuf + ofs, strlen(syls[j].org))) {
strcat(buf, syls[j].news);
ofs += strlen(syls[j].org);
}
}
here is what i believe the code to be doing,
the while checks to see if the point in the lbuf array that we are
currently at has something in it,
then the for loop checks through the syllable structure to see if
there is a match with the current point in the lbuf, if there is a
match, then copy the magic speach of the structure into buf, increase
ofs to the length of the magic speach, if nothing matches,
ofs never gets increased, so the while loop will always be true, stuck
at the same point,
what if we just added an ofs++;
after the for loop?
while (*(lbuf + ofs)) {
for (j = 0; *(syls[j].org); j++) {
if (!strncmp(syls[j].org, lbuf + ofs, strlen(syls[j].org))) {
strcat(buf, syls[j].news);
ofs += strlen(syls[j].org);
}
ofs++;
}
im not sure, so im posting this here for the scrutiny of the community,
my thinking goes, if we went through the whole for loop to check
through the whole syllable structure, and nothing turned up, then skip
over the point in our original word, and lets move onto something that
will match
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