On 05/06/2013 07:54 PM, Cojocaru Alexandru wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:59:20 +0100
> Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> wrote:
> 
>> So I reinstated the bit vector which was a little tricky
>> to do while maintaining performance, but it works very well.
> I think it works because we are avoiding a memory access
> inside `next_item' this way.
> 
> With this patch I try to keep the CPU benefits for `--output-d'
> and when large ranges are specified, even without the bitarray.
> 
> Because of the sentinel now the max line len supported will be
> `(size_t)-1 - 1' and no more `(size_t)-1'. Is this an issue?
> 
> PS: This patch also fix a little bug inside `set_fields'.

It's always best to have separate changes.
I've split the fix out (attached) with an associated test.

thanks,
Pádraig.