From 735d8becf2595c8fee990b55e2d323317f019c8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Danny van Kooten <dannyvankooten@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:22:27 +0100
Subject: grow buffer capacity exponentially

---
 src/template.c | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/template.c b/src/template.c
index 0529c62..7aa3a75 100644
--- a/src/template.c
+++ b/src/template.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <err.h>
 #include "vendor/mpc.h"
 #include "template.h"
 
@@ -26,9 +27,16 @@ struct buffer {
 };
 
 void buffer_reserve(struct buffer *buf, int l) {
-     if (buf->size + l >= buf->cap) {
-        buf->cap *= 2;
-        buf->string = realloc(buf->string, buf->size + l);
+    int req_size = buf->size + l;
+    if (req_size >= buf->cap) {
+        while (req_size >= buf->cap) {
+            buf->cap *= 2;
+        }
+        
+        buf->string = realloc(buf->string, buf->cap * sizeof *buf->string);
+        if (!buf->string) {
+            err(EXIT_FAILURE, "out of memory");
+        }
     }
 }
 
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