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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:21:54 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Proposed lstat.c patch for Win2000/XP device bit fix
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Hello.

Martin Stromberg wrote:
> 
> Charles said:
[snip]
> > +           !strcmp(ff_blk.lfn_magic,"LFN32") &&
> 
> Isn't this code always included in the image. IIRC, the recommendation
> is to use ff_blk.lfn_magic[0] == 'F' && ff_blk.lfn_magic[0] == 'A' &&
> ... if so.

Why is this recommended? (I had a look through the thread, but I couldn't
see the answer.) Surely the program size overhead of strcmp() vs. explicit
comparison can't be that great.

Also, I have a historical question: why was a 6 byte string magic field
chosen, instead of some integer bitfield for options?

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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