Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs223] Allocating Space for Escaped Characters
Date: Wednesday, 26 Feb 2020, 08:25:28

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > When we malloc new blocks that have size (original string - removed piece
    > + new piece), does it matter if we include the (- removed piece) portion?
    > It's relatively straightforward to calculate the removed piece size in
    > most cases, just escape characters make it more difficult. Is it
    > worthwhile writing a function to calculate the size of the pieces we are
    > replacing, or is the slightly larger block size if we ignore the (-
    > removed piece) insignificant?

A slightly larger block size is fine.

--Stan-