Subject: Re: [WIP/PATCH v4 6/8] for-each-ref: rename some functions and make them public

From: Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 21:00:41 +0530

On 05/31/2015 07:33 PM, Christian Couder wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > On 05/31/2015 01:41 PM, Christian Couder wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Christian Couder
> >> <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Karthik Nayak <[email-masked]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -static void sort_refs(struct ref_sort *sort, struct ref_array *array)
> >>>> +void sort_ref_array(struct ref_sort *sort, struct ref_array *array)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> It is probably better to call the above function ref_array_sort()...
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>
> >>>> -static struct ref_sort *default_sort(void)
> >>>> +/*  If no sorting option is given, use refname to sort as default */
> >>>> +struct ref_sort *ref_default_sort(void)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ... especially since you call the above ref_default_sort()...
> >>>
> >>>> -static int opt_parse_sort(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
> >>>> int unset)
> >>>> +int opt_parse_ref_sort(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int
> >>>> unset)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ... and the above opt_parse_sort().
> >>
> >>
> >> After saying that I realize that these two other functions are not
> >> doing the same thing.
> >> This might suggest that they are not named very well as well.
> >>
> >
> > What do you mean by "not doing the same thing."
>
> sort_ref_array() is actually sorting a ref_array, while
> ref_default_sort() and opt_parse_ref_sort() are not sorting anything.
>
> Maybe it would all be clearer with a renaming like the following:
>
> sort_refs() -> ref_array_sort()
> struct ref_sort -> struct ref_sort_criteria
> default_sort() -> ref_default_sort_criteria()
> opt_parse_sort() -> opt_parse_ref_sort_criteria()
>
Thanks will follow this, but will change opt_parse_ref_sort_criteria() to
parse_opt_ref_sort_criteria() as this is what is commonly followed.
-- 
Regards,
Karthik