Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/07/14/13:27:35
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: 14 July 2004 18:15
> On Jul 14 17:58, Dave Korn wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> > > Sent: 14 July 2004 04:22
> >
> > > Ok, the theory washed out. The code above is actually simply
> > > buggy. When
> > > RegQueryValueEx is called (2 lines below the arrow), the
> > > "size" parameter
> > > is uninitialized, so, in effect, it keeps thinking that
> the buffer has
> > > some random size and reallocating (which, of course, doesn't
> > > change the
> > > size, hence the infinite loop).
> >
> > I concur; that is bad code. The variable unambiguously needs
> > initialising, and since RegQueryValueEx damages it, it
> needs to be re-set
> > each time round the loop.
> > [...]
>
> I'm wondering if that isn't mildly OT here. Shouldn't that
> be discussed
> on cygwin-developers in a perfect world?
>
> Corinna
Well, the thread's more-or-less over now, I would have thought. Still
expecting one more post from Igor saying "Yes, I was testing the wrong
version of the dll", and his changelog entry, but that should bring it to a
close.
Still, I've sent in a subscription request anyway [Note Cc!]. I've never
paid much attention to that list before. I notice that even the list
archive is closed if you aren't subbed - surely that's a bit WJM? I can
understand having subscribers-only posting rules, and I can understand
wanting to have only serious developers posting there, but I don't see why
it shouldn't be viewable and searchable for everyone else.
cheers,
DaveK
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