1. Re: optimization
- Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM>
Jun 12, 1998
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Last edited Jun 13, 1998
Andy Kurnia suggested instead of:
>> c = fn
>> while c != -1 do
>> c = getc(fn)
>> r = r&c
>> end while
to use:
> if fn != -1 then
> c = getc(fn)
> while c != -1 do
> r = r & c
> c = getc(fn)
> end while
> end if
That used to be my approach, until I saw Robert's example in the manual for
'gets'. His logic is more like:
while 1 do
c = getc(fn)
if c = -1 then
exit
end if
r = r & c
end while
So I assume this is the "preferred" idiom.
-- David Cuny
