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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail•com>
Cc: Thomas Braun <thomas.braun@virtuell-zuhause•de>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] add strbuf_set operations
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:51:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmwdi55co.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140612082218.GA5419@hudson.localdomain> (Jeremiah Mahler's message of "Thu, 12 Jun 2014 01:22:18 -0700")

Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail•com> writes:

> Thomas,
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:11:36AM +0200, Thomas Braun wrote:
>> Am 12.06.2014 09:29, schrieb Jeremiah Mahler:
>> > A common use case with strubfs is to set the buffer to a new value.

strubfs???

>> > This must be done in two steps: a reset followed by an add.
>> > 
>> >   strbuf_reset(buf);
>> >   strbuf_add(buf, new_buf, len);
>> > 
>> > In cases where the buffer is being built up in steps, these operations
>> > make sense and correctly convey what is being performed.
>> > 
>> >   strbuf_reset(buf);
>> >   strbuf_add(buf, data1, len1);
>> >   strbuf_add(buf, data2, len2);
>> >   strbuf_add(buf, data3, len3);
>> > 
>> > However, in other cases, it can be confusing and is not very concise.
>> > 
>> >   strbuf_reset(buf);
>> >   strbuf_add(buf, default, len1);
>> > 
>> >   if (cond1) {
>> >     strbuf_reset(buf);
>> >     strbuf_add(buf, data2, len2);
>> >   }
>> > 
>> >   if (cond2) {
>> >     strbuf_reset(buf);
>> >     strbuf_add(buf, data3, len3);
>> >   }
>> > 
>> > Add strbuf_set operations so that it can be re-written in a clear and
>> > concise way.
>> > 
>> >   strbuf_set(buf, default len1);
>> very minor nit: missing comma between default and len1.
>
> I can't believe I missed that.  Good catch ;-)

  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-12 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-12  7:29 [PATCH v3 0/2] add strbuf_set operations Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12  7:29 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12  8:11   ` Thomas Braun
2014-06-12  8:22     ` Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12 18:51       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-06-12 19:36         ` Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12 21:18           ` Eric Sunshine
2014-06-12 23:14             ` Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12 18:50   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-06-12 19:31     ` Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12 21:48       ` Eric Sunshine
2014-06-12 23:46         ` Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-13  7:15           ` Jeff King
2014-06-14  4:49             ` Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12  7:29 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] builtin/remote: improve readability via strbuf_set() Jeremiah Mahler
2014-06-12  8:19   ` Eric Sunshine

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