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@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@ -2004-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> +2004-11-06 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * Version 5.3.0. + * src/sort.c (first_same_file): Remove. Move most of the code to.... + (avoid_trashing_input): New function. + (merge): Avoid some silly merges, e.g., copying a single file to + a temporary file when there are exactly 17 input files to merge. + Take a count of temporary files rather than a max_merge arg. + All uses changed. + +2004-11-06 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * src/sort.c (xfclose): Don't close stdout here (just flush it), since close_stdout now closes stdout unconditionally. 2004-11-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * src/sort.c (inittables, sort_buffer_size, getmonth, mergefps, - first_same_file, merge, sort, main): Use size_t for indexes into arrays. + first_same_file, merge, sort, main): Use size_t for indexes to arrays. This fixes some unlikely havoc-wreaking bugs (e.g., more than INT_MAX temporary files). (getmonth, keycompare, compare): Rewrite to avoid need for alloca, |