Hi Laslo,

On Thu, 28 May 2020 15:53:32 +0200
Laslo Hunhold <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 May 2020 13:48:18 +0200
> Mattias Andrée <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Mattias,
> 
> > Looks good, and I especially like the simplification it brings for
> > using partially loaded strings.  
> 
> I'm glad to hear that. Thanks!
> 
> > However, I have three minor comments:
> > 
> > I preferred `lut[off].mask` over `(lut[off].upper - lut[off].lower)`.
> > It is clearer what it means, and storing the mask in `lut` doesn't
> > even increase its size since it is padded anyway because `mincp` is
> > (atleast on x86-64 and i386) aligned to 4 bytes. An alternative,
> > is to use `~lut[off].lower` which I think is clearer than
> > `(lut[off].upper - lut[off].lower)`, but again, I prefer
> > `lut[off].mask`. You could also write
> >     *cp = s[0] - lut[off].lower;
> > I think this alternative is about as clear as using `lut[off].mask`.  
> 
> I was first vary of this way, because it would be problematic if s[0] <
> lut[off].lower, but because we check this beforehand this is possible.
> I'll note it and add it later.
> 
> > In POSIX (but not Linux) `1 << 16` can be either 0, 1, or 2¹⁶,
> > since `1` is an `int` which minimum width is 16, not 32. Similarly,
> > `0x10FFFF` could overflow to 0xFFFF.  
> 
> So would you recommend an explicit cast to uint32_t, i.e.
> 
>    (uint32_t)1 << 16
> 
> to overcome this?

Yes.

> 
> > I think `(s[i] & 0xC0) != 0x80` is clearer than `!BETWEEN(s[i], 0x80,
> > 0xBF)`, but since you changed this I assume you disagree.  
> 
> I don't disagree either way. The comment I added above is sufficient in
> terms of readability. I'm not a big fan of micro-optimizations and
> prefer higher "readability". Both solutions are readable enough, given
> a proper comment, but I just went with the "BETWEEN"-approach as it is
> similar to how we check it earlier.
> 
> With best regards
> 
> Laslo
> 
> PS: No need to CC me, I am subscribed to the list. :P
> 

Sorry, I pressing reply to all instead of reply to list
without really looking, I need to remove the former option.


Regards,
Mattias Andrée

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