From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail•com>,
git@vger•kernel.org, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] rewrite `git_default_config()` using config-set API functions
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:55:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqsiltkeu9.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqa982k2lm.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:07:17 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> writes:
> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr> writes:
>
>> In general, most strings one manipulates are "const char *", it's
>> frequent to modify a pointer to a string, but rather rare to modify the
>> string itself.
>
> We seem to have a disagreement. Unlike git_config_get_value() that
> lets callers peek the only cached copy, git_config_get_string()
> gives its caller a new copy that the caller needs to free. Such a
> new string can and should be given as mutable, I would say.
You're right (I guess you replied to this one before seeing my other
message). imap_folder could be declared const char *, but
git_config_get_string() shouldn't be the one to force this.
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-22 7:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-21 11:12 [PATCH v3 0/6] git_config callers rewritten with the new config cache API Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 11:12 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] alias.c: replace `git_config()` with `git_config_get_string()` Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 12:52 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-07-21 13:43 ` Ramsay Jones
2014-07-31 17:13 ` Samuel Bronson
2014-07-21 11:12 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] branch.c: " Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 17:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-21 18:06 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-07-21 18:11 ` Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 11:12 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] imap-send.c: replace `git_config()` with `git_config_get_*()` family Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-21 11:12 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] notes.c: replace `git_config()` with `git_config_get_value()` Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 11:12 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] pager.c: " Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 11:12 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] notes-util.c: " Tanay Abhra
2014-07-22 11:23 ` Jeff King
2014-07-21 11:44 ` [PATCH/RFC] rewrite `git_default_config()` using config-set API functions Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 13:43 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-07-21 14:23 ` Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 15:37 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-07-21 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-22 7:55 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2014-07-21 13:59 ` Ramsay Jones
2014-07-21 12:51 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] git_config callers rewritten with the new config cache API Matthieu Moy
2014-07-21 13:15 ` Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 13:45 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-07-21 14:00 ` Tanay Abhra
2014-07-21 14:27 ` Matthieu Moy
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