byte_diff.c

/* Public domain, from daemontools-0.76. */

#include "byte.h"

int byte_diff(const char *s,unsigned int n,const char *t)
{
  for (;;) {
    if (!n) return 0; if (*s != *t) break; ++s; ++t; --n;
    if (!n) return 0; if (*s != *t) break; ++s; ++t; --n;
    if (!n) return 0; if (*s != *t) break; ++s; ++t; --n;
    if (!n) return 0; if (*s != *t) break; ++s; ++t; --n;
  }
  return ((int)(unsigned int)(unsigned char) *s)
       - ((int)(unsigned int)(unsigned char) *t);
}