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Aucf-cs.511 net.bugs utzoo!decvax!duke!ucf-cs!whm Tue Apr 13 15:27:08 1982 Ctags bug The version of ctags that we have that came with 4.1bsd has an apparent bug at line 191. The section is as follows:

curfile = savestr(file); cp = rindex(file, '.'); 191-> if (cp && (cp[1] != 'c' || cp[1] != 'h') && cp[2] == 0) { if (PF_funcs(inf) == 0) { rewind(inf); C_funcs(); } } else C_funcs();

Which appears to look for Pascal Functions if the file name doesn't end in a .h or a .c. However, the conditional is incorrect, the line should read:

if (cp && cp[1] != 'c' && cp[1] != 'h' && cp[2] == 0) {

If || is used, the conditional will always be true, it's like saying: if (x != 1 || x != 2) .... which is usually always true on most computers based on current techonology.

This bug may have been reported before, I think I remember seeing a mention of a ctags bug a couple of months back, but I'm too lazy to look through the old news for it.

Bill Mitchell Univ. of Central Florida

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