On 10/25/11 4:54 PM, David Binderman wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello there,
> 
> I just ran the static analysis tool cppcheck over the source
> code of bash-4.2
> 
> It said
> 
> [bash-4.2/builtins/mkbuiltins.c:554]: (style) Array index i is used before 
> limits check
> 
> The source code is
> 
>       while (buffer[i] != '\n' && i < file_size)
>         i++;
> 
> You might be better off with
> 
>       while (i < file_size && buffer[i] != '\n')
>         i++;

Thanks for the report.  I'd be interested in other issues that tool
reports.

Chet

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