PATCH] Improve performance of memmem

[Eric Blake]

On 12/19/18 6:57 AM, Wilco Dijkstra wrote:

> Indeed, and in actual expressions I think it would be better to write:
> 
> sizeof (var) + 1
> 
> rather than
> 
> sizeof var + 1

Or use the commutative rule:

1 + sizeof var

> 
> and assuming everybody knows the C operator precedence table...

Indeed, but it's also quite rare to need either (sizeof var) + 1 or 
sizeof (var + 1), so the issue doesn't come up much in practice.  In 
that case, you are right that explicit parens help clarify intent 
precisely because it is uncommon.

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