- nxtbuf = compbuffers = (char **)
- mh_xcalloc((size_t) ncomps, sizeof(char *));
- savecomp = used_buf = (struct comp **)
- mh_xcalloc((size_t) (ncomps+1), sizeof(struct comp *));
- savecomp += ncomps + 1;
- *--savecomp = NULL; /* point at zero'd end minus 1 */
-
- for (i = ncomps; i--; )
- *nxtbuf++ = mh_xmalloc(SBUFSIZ);
-
- nxtbuf = compbuffers; /* point at start */
- tmpbuf = *nxtbuf++;
-