Asdcarl.108 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!sdcarl!rusty Thu Dec 3 02:01:16 1981 BUFLEN This is an idea that has been bugging me for a while and is universally applicable to a lot of programs besides netnews. Why not instead of having statically allocated buffers (e.g. "BUFLEN" in netnews), dynamically allocate them? Initially malloc a BUFLEN's worth and when that runs out then use realloc to get some more. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.