Function do_msgs

src/msgs/build_file.cpp:283–402

static USHORT do_msgs(const TEXT* filename)
{
/**************************************
 *
 *	d o _ m s g s
 *
 **************************************
 *
 * Functional description
 *	Build the message file
 *
 **************************************/

	// Divy up memory among various buffers
	// Memory leaking until the program finishes?
	msgrec* leaf_node = (msgrec*) malloc((SLONG) MSG_BUCKET);
	msgrec* const leaf = leaf_node;
	const TEXT* const end_leaf = (TEXT*) leaf + MSG_BUCKET;

	// Open output file

	global_file = open(filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_BINARY, 0666);
	if (global_file == -1)
	{
		printf("Can't open %s\n", filename);
		return FINI_ERROR;
	}
	global_file_position = 0;

	// Format and write header
	isc_msghdr header;
	header.msghdr_major_version = MSG_MAJOR_VERSION;
	header.msghdr_minor_version = MSG_MINOR_VERSION;
	header.msghdr_bucket_size = MSG_BUCKET;
	// CVC: Since this is an unused field that holds garbage in the *.msg file,
	// we'll initialize it to the date the FB project was registered with SF.
	header.msghdr_origin = 20000730; // 2000-07-30
	write_bucket((msgnod*) &header, sizeof(header));

	// Write out messages building B-tree

	USHORT n = 0;
	ULONG position = 0, prior_code = 0;
	msgnod_ptr_array buckets, nodes;
	nodes[0] = NULL;
	size_t len = 0;

	for (const auto& message : messages)
	{
		auto textLen = strlen(message.text);

		if (leaf_node->msgrec_text + textLen >= end_leaf)
		{
			position = write_bucket((msgnod*) leaf, n);
			propagate(buckets, nodes, prior_code, position);
			leaf_node = leaf;
		}