Re: [COMMIT] Increase READ_BUF_SIZE, used in #'insert-file-contents-internal, to #x10000

"Stephen J. Turnbull" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:27:59 +0900

Newsgroups	gmane.emacs.xemacs.patches
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Jerry James writes:
 > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Aidan Kehoe <[email protected]> wrote:

 >> -/* Stack sizes > 2**16 is a good way to elicit compiler bugs */
 >> -/* #define READ_BUF_SIZE (2 << 16) */
 >> -#define READ_BUF_SIZE (1 << 15)
 >> +#define READ_BUF_SIZE (2 << 16)

 > (2 << 16) != 2**16 == #x10000.  That would be (1 << 16); what you have
 > there is 2**17 == #x20000.

Which is probably a good idea now anyway, we won't have to see another
patch like this one for an extra 9 months (according to whatsisname's
Law). ;-)

I wonder about that comment, though.  When was it written?!