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

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 10/09/2011 09:00 PM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> 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. :-)

Patches are welcome. :)

Paolo