Re: [PATCH 1/5] maint: ensure that MB_CUR_MAX is defined even when !MBS_SUPPORT

[Aharon Robbins]

Hi.

> > Having variables grep_mb_cur_max and dfa_mb_cur_max (separate for the 
> > reasons Arnold explained) would work, but it would make it impossible 
> > for the compiler to throw away the multibyte code when MBS_SUPPORT is zero.
>
> Why?
>
> #if MBS_SUPPORT
> int greb_mb_cur_max = MB_CUR_MAX; /* or initialize it in main */
> #else
> #define grep_mb_cur_max 1
> #endif
>
> Hmmm.  Maybe I should try a proof-of-concept for this in gawk... :-)

I did that and it works ok. At least with GCC. :-)

Arnold