Removed the now irrelevant parts of the ``history section'' in m_getfld.c.

diff --git a/sbr/m_getfld.c b/sbr/m_getfld.c
index df48026..85a323b 100644 (file)
--- a/sbr/m_getfld.c
+++ b/sbr/m_getfld.c
@@ -10,51 +10,18 @@
 #include <h/utils.h>
 
 /*
-** This module has a long and checkered history.  First, it didn't burst
-** maildrops correctly because it considered two CTRL-A:s in a row to be
-** an inter-message delimiter.  It really is four CTRL-A:s followed by a
-** newline.  Unfortunately, MMDF will convert this delimiter *inside* a
-** message to a CTRL-B followed by three CTRL-A:s and a newline.  This
-** caused the old version of m_getfld() to declare eom prematurely.  The
-** fix was a lot slower than
+** This module has a long and checkered history.
 **
-**              c == '\001' && peekc (iob) == '\001'
+** [ Here had been some history of delimiter problems in MMDF maildrops ... ]
 **
-** but it worked, and to increase generality, MBOX style maildrops could
-** be parsed as well.  Unfortunately the speed issue finally caught up with
-** us since this routine is at the very heart of MH.
+** Unfortunately the speed issue finally caught up with us since this
+** routine is at the very heart of MH.  To speed things up considerably, the
+** routine Eom() was made an auxilary function called by the macro eom().
+** Unless we are bursting a maildrop, the eom() macro returns FALSE saying
+** we aren't at the end of the message.
 **
-** To speed things up considerably, the routine Eom() was made an auxilary
-** function called by the macro eom().  Unless we are bursting a maildrop,
-** the eom() macro returns FALSE saying we aren't at the end of the
-** message.
+** [ ... and here had been some more of it. ]
 **
-** After mhl was made a built-in in msh, m_getfld() worked just fine
-** (using m_unknown() at startup).  Until one day: a message which was
-** the result of a bursting was shown. Then, since the burst boundaries
-** aren't CTRL-A:s, m_getfld() would blinding plunge on past the boundary.
-** Very sad.  The solution: introduce m_eomsbr().  This hook gets called
-** after the end of each line (since testing for eom involves an fseek()).
-** This worked fine, until one day: a message with no body portion arrived.
-** Then the
-**
-**                 while (eom(c = getc(iob), iob))
-**                      continue;
-**
-** loop caused m_getfld() to return FMTERR.  So, that logic was changed to
-** check for (*eom_action) and act accordingly.
-**
-** [ Note by meillo 2011-10:
-**   as msh was removed from mmh, m_eomsbr() became irrelevant. ]
-**
-** This worked fine, until one day: someone didn't use four CTRL:A's as
-** their delimiters.  So, the bullet got bit and we read mts.h and
-** continue to struggle on.  It's not that bad though, since the only time
-** the code gets executed is when inc (or msh) calls it, and both of these
-** have already called mts_init().
-**
-** [ Note by meillo 2012-02:
-**   MMDF-style maildrops (4x ^A) and mts_init() were removed. ]
 **
 ** ------------------------
 ** (Written by Van Jacobson for the mh6 m_getfld, January, 1986):
@@ -76,9 +43,8 @@
 ** If you hack on this and slow it down, I, my children and my
 ** children's children will curse you.
 **
-** This routine gets used on three different types of files: normal,
-** single msg files, "packed" unix or mmdf mailboxs (when used by inc)
-** and packed, directoried bulletin board files (when used by msh).
+** This routine gets used on two different types of files: normal,
+** single msg files and "packed" unix mailboxs (when used by inc).
 ** The biggest impact of different file types is in "eom" testing.  The
 ** code has been carefully organized to test for eom at appropriate
 ** times and at no other times (since the check is quite expensive).