From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com>
Cc: "git\@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger•kernel.org>,
Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail•com>, Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 05/16] remote.h: Change get_remote_heads return to void
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:41:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4mmp23go.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kbuwT_Wd099fys7Dz8y3ckC7pXk-qV4xe=1w4rXhMwRQg@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Beller's message of "Tue, 2 Jun 2015 14:25:03 -0700")
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> wrote:
>> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com> writes:
>>
>>> No function uses the return value of get_remote_heads, so we don't want
>>> to confuse readers by it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com>
>>> ---
>>
>> This is somewhat a sad change, as the returned value is designed to
>> be useful if caller wants to continue appending to the list.
>
> But there are no callers since like 2005. ;)
That is not a good excuse when it comes to the API design to deal
with linked lists in a bog-standard way, though. Many callers of
commit_list_insert() may ignore its return values, but even when the
last caller stopped caring it, that does not necessarily mean the
feature can be removed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-02 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-02 0:02 [RFCv2 00/16] Protocol version 2 Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 01/16] stringlist: add from_space_separated_string Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 9:42 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-06-02 15:10 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-06-02 17:54 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 02/16] upload-pack: make client capability parsing code a separate function Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 03/16] connect: rewrite feature parsing to work on string_list Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 04/16] upload-pack-2: Implement the version 2 of upload-pack Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 18:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 23:08 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 05/16] remote.h: Change get_remote_heads return to void Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 21:25 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:41 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 06/16] remote.h: add new struct for options Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 21:40 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 07/16] transport: add infrastructure to support a protocol version number Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 08/16] transport: select transport version via command line or config Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 09/16] remote.h: add get_remote_capabilities, request_capabilities Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 10/16] transport: connect_setup appends protocol version number Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 9:58 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-06-02 18:04 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 22:09 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 22:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 11/16] remote: have preselect_capabilities Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 12/16] transport: get_refs_via_connect exchanges capabilities before refs Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 22:19 ` Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 13/16] fetch-pack: use the configured transport protocol Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 9:55 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-06-02 10:02 ` Duy Nguyen
2015-06-02 11:32 ` Ilari Liusvaara
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 14/16] t5544: add a test case for the new protocol Stefan Beller
2015-06-03 0:16 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 15/16] Documentation/technical/pack-protocol: Mention http as possible protocol Stefan Beller
2015-06-02 21:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 22:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-02 0:02 ` [RFCv2 16/16] Document protocol version 2 Stefan Beller
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