# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 631300530 0
# Node ID 71b3e30e0dd4c2f94aaa7089bc69cd8ce92e749c
# Parent  467ee6fe6503b381e8e37114ab063ce12232f26e
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diff -r 467ee6fe6503 -r 71b3e30e0dd4 lib-src/yow.c
--- a/lib-src/yow.c	Mon Dec 11 04:58:09 1989 +0000
+++ b/lib-src/yow.c	Tue Jan 02 17:15:30 1990 +0000
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-#include "../src/paths.h"
-
-/* zippy.c
+/*
+ * yow.c
  * 
  * Print a quotation from Zippy the Pinhead.
  * Qux <Kaufman-David@Yale> March 6, 1986
  * 
+ * With dynamic memory allocation.
  */
 
-#define BUFSIZE  2000
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "../src/paths.h"      /* For PATH_EXEC.  */
+
+#define BUFSIZE  80
 #define SEP      '\0'
+
+#ifndef YOW_FILE
 #define YOW_FILE "yow.lines"
+#endif
 
 main (argc, argv)
      int argc;
@@ -19,7 +24,7 @@
 {
   FILE *fp;
   char file[BUFSIZ];
-  void yow();
+  void yow(), setup_yow();
 
   if (argc > 2 && !strcmp (argv[1], "-f"))
     strcpy (file, argv[2]);
@@ -38,29 +43,58 @@
   /* initialize random seed */
   srand((int) (getpid() + time((long *) 0)));
 
+  setup_yow(fp);
   yow(fp);
   fclose(fp);
   exit(0);
 }
 
+static long len = -1;
+static long header_len;
+
+#define AVG_LEN 40		/* average length of a quotation */
+
+/* Sets len and header_len */
+void
+setup_yow(fp)
+     FILE *fp;
+{
+  int c;
+
+  /* Get length of file */
+  /* Because the header (stuff before the first SEP) can be very long,
+   * thus biasing our search in favor of the first quotation in the file,
+   * we explicitly skip that. */
+  while ((c = getc(fp)) != SEP) {
+    if (c == EOF) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "File contains no separators.\n");
+      exit(2);
+    }
+  }
+  header_len = ftell(fp);
+  if (header_len > AVG_LEN)
+    header_len -= AVG_LEN;	/* allow the first quotation to appear */
+	
+  if (fseek(fp, 0L, 2) == -1) {
+    perror("fseek 1");
+    exit(1);
+  }
+  len = ftell(fp) - header_len;
+}
+
+
+/* go to a random place in the file and print the quotation there */
 void
 yow (fp)
      FILE *fp;
 {
-  static long len = -1;
   long offset;
   int c, i = 0;
-  char buf[BUFSIZE];
+  char *buf;
+  unsigned int bufsize;
+  char *malloc(), *realloc();
 
-  /* Get length of file, go to a random place in it */
-  if (len == -1) {
-    if (fseek(fp, 0, 2) == -1) {
-      perror("fseek 1");
-      exit(1);
-    }
-    len = ftell(fp);
-  }
-  offset = rand() % len;
+  offset = rand() % len + header_len;
   if (fseek(fp, offset, 0) == -1) {
     perror("fseek 2");
     exit(1);
@@ -83,13 +117,27 @@
     yow(fp);
     return;
   }
+
+  bufsize = BUFSIZE;
+  buf = malloc(bufsize);
+  if (buf == (char *)0) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "can't allocate any memory\n");
+    exit (3);
+  }
+
   buf[i++] = c;
   while ((c = getc(fp)) != SEP && c != EOF) {
     buf[i++] = c;
-
-    if (i == BUFSIZ-1)
+	
+    if (i == bufsize-1) {
       /* Yow! Is this quotation too long yet? */
-      break;
+      bufsize *= 2;
+      buf = realloc(buf, bufsize);
+      if (buf == (char *)0) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "can't allocate more memory\n");
+	exit (3);
+      }
+    }
   }
   buf[i++] = 0;
   printf("%s\n", buf);