[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Weird statement

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

I think all you need to remove is the cptr_s=str in the for initializer.

The whitespace/garbage skip that the for does is not unreasonable, and may
for example mean that an "=" is taken out to conform to 1.11.4, that 
someone broke and someone fixed.

Cheers,
RossW

At 06:48 PM 01/08/26 +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
>On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 09:32:58AM -0400, Ross W. Wetmore wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Whatever it was before it is now useless and will be removed.
>
>       Raimar
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