tweaks: improve a couple of comments

master
Benno Schulenberg 2016-06-02 12:07:08 +02:00
parent 56f067a284
commit 0172cb0e83
1 changed files with 7 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -1202,8 +1202,8 @@ filestruct *find_history(const filestruct *h_start, const filestruct
return NULL;
}
/* Update a history list. h should be the current position in the
* list. */
/* Update a history list (the one in which h is the current position)
* with a fresh string s. That is: add s, or move it to the end. */
void update_history(filestruct **h, const char *s)
{
filestruct **hage = NULL, **hbot = NULL, *thesame;
@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ void update_history(filestruct **h, const char *s)
assert(hage != NULL && hbot != NULL);
/* See if this string is already in the history. */
/* See if the string is already in the history. */
thesame = find_history(*hbot, *hage, s, HIGHEST_POSITIVE);
/* If an identical string was found, delete that item. */
@ -1235,9 +1235,8 @@ void update_history(filestruct **h, const char *s)
renumber(after);
}
/* If the history is full, delete the beginning entry to make room
* for the new entry at the end. We assume that MAX_SEARCH_HISTORY
* is greater than zero. */
/* If the history is full, delete the oldest item (the one at the
* head of the list), to make room for a new item at the end. */
if ((*hbot)->lineno == MAX_SEARCH_HISTORY + 1) {
filestruct *foo = *hage;
@ -1246,13 +1245,13 @@ void update_history(filestruct **h, const char *s)
renumber(*hage);
}
/* Add the new entry to the end. */
/* Store the fresh string in the last item, then create a new item. */
(*hbot)->data = mallocstrcpy((*hbot)->data, s);
splice_node(*hbot, make_new_node(*hbot));
*hbot = (*hbot)->next;
(*hbot)->data = mallocstrcpy(NULL, "");
/* Indicate that the history's been changed. */
/* Indicate that the history needs to be saved on exit. */
history_changed = TRUE;
/* Set the current position in the list to the bottom. */