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Re: [RFA] gdbserver/server.c: Replace 2x strlen() by a variable


> > ChangeLog:
> >
> > 	* server.c (handle_general_set): New variable len instead
> > 	of using strlen two times.
>
>  Actually, since the same string is duplicated a couple of times,
>  I would also suggest declaring a constant string "QPassSignals:"
>  and use the constant instead of risking a typo... How about:
>
>     const char str[] = "QPassSignals:";
>
>  and then use "sizeof (str) - 1". Is that bad coding style? Otherwise,
>  you can declare your sale constant:
>
>     const int len = strlen (str);
>
>  I am not reviewer, so these are just suggestions, not a request (JIC).

I'm pretty sure GCC will optimize away the strlen("QPassSignals:") anyway,
so we really shouldn't try to obfuscate the code just to make it a bit
faster.  So if optimization was the Markus' argument for making this
change I object to this change.

Mark



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