On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:
> I'm working in this area to implement the MD5-on-install feature. Is there
> any reason why I should not simplify this:
>
> char msg[64];
> strcpy (msg, "Installing");
> Progress.SetText1 (msg);
> log (LOG_PLAIN, String (msg) + " " + source.Cached ());
>
> To this:
> char msg[] = "Installing";
> Progress.SetText1 (msg);
> log (LOG_PLAIN, String (msg) + " " + source.Cached ());
>
> Or even, this:
> Progress.SetText1 ("Installing");
> log (LOG_PLAIN, String ("Installing ") + source.Cached ());
>
> (There is no other use of the msg variable outside the context shown here.)
> Max.
Max,
Normally I would argue for a #define (using the "Redundancy leads to
inconsistency" principle), but in this case the two uses seem to be
completely independent, so I think your last suggestion is ok.
Igor
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