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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1•demon.co.uk>,
	Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3/8] add line number and file name info to `config_set`
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:11:47 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqegwsm54s.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwqakjc43.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 07 Aug 2014 13:09:16 -0700")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> writes:

> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr> writes:
>
>> Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1•demon.co.uk> writes:
>> ...
>>>> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
>>>> ...
>>>> +struct key_value_info {
>>>> +	const char *filename;
>>>> +	int linenr;
>>>> +};
>>>> +
>>>
>>> I haven't checked, but does this series now include a user for
>>> this struct outside of config.c? If not, then I think it would
>>> be better to leave the declaration in config.c until it is needed.
>>> (To make it easier to see if it is necessary in the context of the
>>> patch which will make use of it).
>>
>> I disagree: this patch series is essentially about introducing a new
>> API, and this struct declaration is part of the API.
>
> Hmm, is it?  How would the customer of the API use it?  die_config
> and friends may internally use the information recorded using the
> structure, but I had an impression that it is an implementation
> detail that does not need to be exposed to the customers of the API.
> Am I mistaken?

It does if you want to provide error message while iterating over the
string_list. Not the common case, but shouldn't be forbidden either.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-07 20:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-07 11:59 [PATCH v9 0/8] Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set API Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 1/8] config.c: mark error and warnings strings for translation Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 2/8] config.c: fix accuracy of line number in errors Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 3/8] add line number and file name info to `config_set` Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 19:33   ` Ramsay Jones
2014-08-07 19:56     ` Matthieu Moy
2014-08-07 20:09       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-07 20:11         ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 4/8] change `git_config()` return value to void Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 5/8] config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set API Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 18:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-08-08 12:14     ` Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 6/8] rewrite git_config() to use " Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 7/8] add a test for semantic errors in config files Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 11:59 ` [PATCH v9 8/8] add tests for `git_config_get_string_const()` Tanay Abhra
2014-08-07 12:15 ` [PATCH v9 0/8] Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set API Matthieu Moy

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