A common mistake when writing binary search is to allow possible
integer overflow by using the simple average:
mid = (min + max) / 2;
Instead, use the overflow-safe version:
mid = min + (max - min) / 2;
This translation is safe since the operation occurs inside a loop
conditioned on "min < max". The included changes were found using
the following git grep:
git grep '/ *2;' '*.c'
Making this cleanup will prevent future review friction when a new
binary search is contructed based on existing code.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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