[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Weird statement

["Ross W. Wetmore" <rwetmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need more context to unscramble this one. I looked at the
source. And while I am confused, here are some options.

1)  It is not a flip of variables, i.e. str=cptr_s to mark the
    spot, as str isn't used after.
2)  It really looks like it could have been an old version of the
    previous for, or some sanity repeat of the previous that takes
    out more than just whitespace. 
3)  It could also be a cut and paste error that reinitializes the 
    counter accidently - this is most likely.
4)  It might be swapped with the PREFIX condition, in that once
    you eliminate leading trash and the prefix, you are ready to
    begin command parsing.
5)  But I don't know if PREFIXes can have trailing white space.

Cheers,
RossW
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At 09:34 AM 01/08/26 +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
>
>Searching for a solution to the "allow comments in every server
>command" problem I found this one: server/stdinhand.c
>
>  /* commands may be prefixed with SERVER_COMMAND_PREFIX,
>     even when given on the server command line - rp */
>
>  if (*cptr_s == SERVER_COMMAND_PREFIX) cptr_s++;
>
>  for(cptr_s=str; *cptr_s && !isalnum(*cptr_s); cptr_s++);
>
>The if has no effect since the first statement of the for loop
>"cptr_s=str" overwrites it. Correct?!
>
>       Raimar
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