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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:41:25 +0200
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Subject: Re: expand_number() for fetch'es -B and -S switches
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Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> writes:
> so how about forgetting about expand_number() and simply introducing a
> maximum buffer size of 1 megabyte?

so how about just leaving the code alone?  :)

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no