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From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, newren@gmail.com, peff@peff.net,
	phillip.wood123@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 7/7] strbuf: remove global variable
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:24:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cR-m45q0Y9YUnRPRzny0Q=sa4dPWCjxwHBN84VMtEsxzA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230511194822.1493798-7-calvinwan@google.com>

On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 3:48 PM Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> wrote:
> As a library that only interacts with other primitives, strbuf should
> not utilize the comment_line_char global variable within its
> functions. Therefore, add an additional parameter for functions that use
> comment_line_char and refactor callers to pass it in instead.
> strbuf_stripspace() removes the skip_comments boolean and checks if
> comment_line_char is a non-NULL character to determine whether to skip
> comments or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
> @@ -1051,10 +1052,10 @@ static size_t cleanup(char *line, size_t len)
> - * Enable skip_comments to skip every line starting with comment
> - * character.
> + * Pass a non-NULL comment_line_char to skip every line starting
> + * with it

When speaking of a character, we normally spell this NUL rather than
NULL (which is how we spell a null pointer).

The end-of-sentence period got lost in the rewrite.

Probably not worth a reroll on its own.

> @@ -1067,7 +1068,8 @@ void strbuf_stripspace(struct strbuf *sb, int skip_comments)
> -               if (skip_comments && len && sb->buf[i] == comment_line_char) {
> +               if (comment_line_char != '\0' && len &&
> +                   sb->buf[i] == comment_line_char) {

In this code-base, it is more common to say:

    if (comment_line_char && len && ...

rather than:

    if (comment_line_char != '\0' && len && ...

Probably not worth a reroll.

> diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
> @@ -544,10 +545,12 @@ int strbuf_getcwd(struct strbuf *sb);
>  /**
> - * Strip whitespace from a buffer. The second parameter controls if
> - * comments are considered contents to be removed or not.
> + * Strip whitespace from a buffer. The second parameter is the comment
> + * character that determines whether a line is a comment or not. If the
> + * second parameter is a non-NULL character, comments are considered
> + * contents to be removed.
>   */
> -void strbuf_stripspace(struct strbuf *buf, int skip_comments);
> +void strbuf_stripspace(struct strbuf *buf, char comment_line_char);

Ditto regarding NUL vs. NULL.

Rather than saying "the second parameter", readers would have an
easier time if you just spelled it out directly (i.e.
"comment_line_char").

The phrase "comments are considered contents to be removed" made sense
before the rewrite, but sounds a bit awkward after the rewrite.
Perhaps rewrite it something like this:

    Strip whitespace from a buffer. If comment_line_char is non-NUL,
    then lines beginning with that character are considered comments,
    thus removed.

May not be worth a reroll.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-11 20:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-02 21:14 [PATCH 0/6] strbuf cleanups Calvin Wan
2023-05-02 21:14 ` [PATCH 1/6] abspath: move related functions to abspath Calvin Wan
2023-05-02 21:42   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-02 21:14 ` [PATCH 2/6] credential-store: move related functions to credential-store file Calvin Wan
2023-05-02 21:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-03 16:28   ` Jeff King
2023-05-03 16:34     ` Jeff King
2023-05-03 18:38       ` Calvin Wan
2023-05-02 21:14 ` [PATCH 3/6] object-name: move related functions to object-name Calvin Wan
2023-05-02 21:14 ` [PATCH 4/6] path: move related function to path Calvin Wan
2023-05-02 21:14 ` [PATCH 5/6] strbuf: clarify dependency Calvin Wan
2023-05-03  1:56   ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-02 21:14 ` [PATCH 6/6] strbuf: remove environment variables Calvin Wan
2023-05-03  2:15   ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-02 22:20 ` [PATCH 0/6] strbuf cleanups Junio C Hamano
2023-05-02 22:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-02 23:51     ` Felipe Contreras
2023-05-02 22:36   ` Calvin Wan
2023-05-03  2:37 ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-03 18:00   ` Calvin Wan
2023-05-07  0:14     ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-07 13:14       ` Jeff King
2023-05-03 18:48 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] " Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 1/7] strbuf: clarify API boundary Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 2/7] abspath: move related functions to abspath Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 3/7] credential-store: move related functions to credential-store file Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 4/7] object-name: move related functions to object-name Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 5/7] path: move related function to path Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 6/7] strbuf: clarify dependency Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 19:26     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-03 18:50   ` [PATCH v2 7/7] strbuf: remove environment variables Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 19:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-03 19:41       ` Calvin Wan
2023-05-03 19:45         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-03 19:42     ` [PATCH v3 7/7] strbuf: remove environment variable Calvin Wan
2023-05-05 22:33   ` [PATCH v2 0/7] strbuf cleanups Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 16:38     ` Calvin Wan
2023-05-07  0:40   ` Elijah Newren
2023-05-07 21:47     ` Felipe Contreras
2023-05-08 16:57   ` [PATCH v4 " Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 1/7] strbuf: clarify API boundary Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 17:22       ` Eric Sunshine
2023-05-10 22:51         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 2/7] abspath: move related functions to abspath Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 3/7] credential-store: move related functions to credential-store file Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 4/7] object-name: move related functions to object-name Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 5/7] path: move related function to path Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 6/7] strbuf: clarify dependency Calvin Wan
2023-05-08 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 7/7] strbuf: remove global variable Calvin Wan
2023-05-10  8:12       ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-09  1:57     ` [PATCH v4 0/7] strbuf cleanups Elijah Newren
2023-05-09  2:13       ` Felipe Contreras
2023-05-11 19:44     ` [PATCH v5 " Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 1/7] strbuf: clarify API boundary Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:57         ` Eric Sunshine
2023-05-11 20:03           ` Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 2/7] abspath: move related functions to abspath Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 3/7] credential-store: move related functions to credential-store file Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 4/7] object-name: move related functions to object-name Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 5/7] path: move related function to path Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 6/7] strbuf: clarify dependency Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 19:48       ` [PATCH v5 7/7] strbuf: remove global variable Calvin Wan
2023-05-11 20:24         ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2023-05-11 21:42         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-12 14:54           ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-12 14:53         ` Phillip Wood
2023-05-12 19:31           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-12 17:14       ` [PATCH v6 0/7] strbuf cleanups Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 1/7] strbuf: clarify API boundary Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 2/7] abspath: move related functions to abspath Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 3/7] credential-store: move related functions to credential-store file Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 4/7] object-name: move related functions to object-name Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 5/7] path: move related function to path Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 6/7] strbuf: clarify dependency Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 17:15         ` [PATCH v6 7/7] strbuf: remove global variable Calvin Wan
2023-05-12 20:24         ` [PATCH v6 0/7] strbuf cleanups Junio C Hamano
2023-05-13  5:54           ` Eric Sunshine
2023-06-06 19:47         ` [PATCH v7 " Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 1/7] strbuf: clarify API boundary Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 2/7] strbuf: clarify dependency Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 3/7] abspath: move related functions to abspath Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 4/7] credential-store: move related functions to credential-store file Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 5/7] object-name: move related functions to object-name Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 6/7] path: move related function to path Calvin Wan
2023-06-06 19:48           ` [PATCH v7 7/7] strbuf: remove global variable Calvin Wan

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