[PATCHv2] malloc: Make sure tcache_key is odd enough

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org
Mon Aug 4 09:37:58 GMT 2025


Florian Weimer, le lun. 04 août 2025 11:29:53 +0200, a ecrit:
> * Samuel Thibault:
> 
> > I'm sure re-reading everything and I don't see where logic fails: that
> > line *is* 80 characters-long, so it doesn't wraps around in usual
> > 80-char terminals.
> 
> I thought that exactly 80 columns was acceptable, but the GNU
> standards disagree:
> 
> | Please keep the length of source lines to 79 characters or less, for
> | maximum readability in the widest range of environments.
> 
> <https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Formatting.html>

Ok, so it's "*strictly* less than 80 columns". That's where the logic
failed (e.g. in french and english, the precise meaning of "less" is
different...)

Samuel


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