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SubjectRe: [RFC, 2.6] a simple FIFO implementation
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:52:47 +0200, Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 05:51:04PM +0200, Buddy Lucas wrote:
>
> > > No, because the type is *unsigned* int.
> >
> > Indeed, that would exactly be the reason *why* this would fail. ;-)
> >
> > The expression fifo->size - fifo->tail + fifo->head might be negative
> > at some point, right? (fifo->head has wrapped to some small value and
> > fifo->tail > fifo->size)
>
> And what is the value of an unsigned int holding that 'negative' value ? :)
>

Which unsigned int?! ;-) The expression a - b is negative for unsigned
ints a and b where a < b. So, your unsigned ints "total" and
"remaining" won't be negative of
course, but they won't reflect what is actually left in the buffer;
they will equal the
value of len (in some cases) after fifo->head has wrapped (because of the
unsignedness) and fifo->tail has not. Which would not be correct.


Cheers,
Buddy

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>
> Stelian.
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> Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
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