I was working on some "programming reference" documents for the buffer routines, and realized that many of them are close to the standard 'stdio' routines. Since they're so close, it makes sense to investigate whether a simple renaming would clarify the interface. The following patches make the following changes 1) struct buffer -> BUFFER (analogous to FILE) 2) buf_output0() -> bputs() buf_append_char() -> bputc() 3) buf_free() -> bclose() buf_output() -> bwrite() This is enough to decide whether the improved readibility (IMO :-) is worth the effort of renaming many of the buffer routines. It would also be straightforward to implement "bprintf()" using either a library vsnprintf(), or a local version. The input routines are a bit more complex. However, in many places it should be possible to replace buf_read_line() with bgets() and bread() that use a reasonably sized auto or static variable, avoiding the hassles involved with handling memory allocation failure, freeing allocated buffers, etc. Bear Giles bgiles (at) coyotesong (dot) com _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
