From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 11:31:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (check_file): Explain why we have separate `if' and `else'
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0j-trial~295
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a7ef5ff5befba0d3822b3ab301736fcfc2d0a68;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(check_file): Explain why we have separate `if' and `else'
blocks when the code in the else block could handle both cases.
---

diff --git a/src/uniq.c b/src/uniq.c
index a3215646a3..9f50d7f4e1 100644
--- a/src/uniq.c
+++ b/src/uniq.c
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ check_file (const char *infile, const char *outfile)
   initbuffer (thisline);
   initbuffer (prevline);
 
+  /* This duplication is to distinguish the common case (in which none of the
+     following options has been specified: --count, -repeated, --all-repeated,
+     --unique) from the others.  In the common case, we can output each new
+     line right away, without waiting to see if the next one is different).  */
+
   if (mode == output_all && countmode == count_none)
     {
       char *prevfield IF_LINT (= NULL);