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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Cc: Pasha Bolokhov <pasha.bolokhov@gmail•com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger•kernel.org>,
	Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve function dir.c:trim_trailing_spaces()
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 11:45:36 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa99z9kbz.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140530020444.GH28683@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 29 May 2014 22:04:44 -0400")

Jeff King <peff@peff•net> writes:

> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 02:34:33PM -0700, Pasha Bolokhov wrote:
>
>> > However, I doubt it makes that much of a difference in practice, so
>> > unless it's measurable, I would certainly go with the version that is
>> > more readable (and correct, of course).
>> 
>>     Sorry, just to recap, you would go with the existing version
>> (which needs correction), or with the one that is being suggested? (I
>> agree I can format the style a tiny bit better in the latter one)
>
> I actually think the original left-to-right is a little easier to
> follow, but I do not feel strongly. I mainly meant "argue based on
> readability and correctness, do not argue based on speed".

Sensible.

> I'd be OK with either, though I have a slight preference for the first,
> just because I find the "bslash ^= 1" bit of yours, while clever, a bit
> hard to follow.

FWIW, I think I agree.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-30 18:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-28 23:45 [PATCH] Improve function dir.c:trim_trailing_spaces() Pasha Bolokhov
2014-05-29 20:13 ` Jeff King
2014-05-29 21:34   ` Pasha Bolokhov
2014-05-30  2:04     ` Jeff King
2014-05-30 18:45       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-05-31 15:21 Pasha Bolokhov
2014-06-02  6:47 ` Jeff King

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