From: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] describe: fix --no-exact-match
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:45:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b5fcc572-c710-5869-7a40-ba784d8edf0e@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo7jfk8xq.fsf@gitster.g>
Am 10.08.23 um 03:00 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>> int my_foo;
>> ...
>> OPT_CALLBACK('f', "foo", int, &my_foo, ...etc);
>>
>> Not great, but it might not be _too_ bad given that most helpers like
>> OPT_BOOL() can just say "int" behind the scenes.
>>
>> That said, I don't recall these void pointers being a large source of
>> errors in the past. So while it's a fun type-system puzzle, the
>> effort/reward ratio might not be favorable.
I have vague memories of changing a callback from using a string_list
to a strset (or whatever) and getting crashes out of some other callers
that used it non-obviously via some macro. A compile-time check would
have helped me.
> I tend to agree on both counts, it is a fun puzzle, and it probably
> is not going to give us sufficient reward. The fact that "int" and
> typeof(my_foo) need to be manually kept straight defeats the "type
> safety" justification for this mental exercise.
The many-pointers idea is a bit silly, admittedly.
Having to declare a type manually is how most of C's type safety works,
though, so a certain amount of that is unavoidable.
typeof (along with typeof_unqual) is nice, but I guess it will take a
few years (or decades?) before we can expect it to be supported by all
relevant platforms.
The typed-callback-with-void-wrapper idea seems promising. Let's see
if we can get it into usable shape.
René
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-10 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-18 15:44 [PATCH] ls-tree: fix --no-full-name René Scharfe
2023-07-18 16:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-18 20:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:41 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 19:29 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 20:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-24 12:29 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-24 20:09 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 20:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-28 6:12 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-28 9:45 ` Phillip Wood
2023-07-29 20:40 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-31 15:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-04 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-04 19:48 ` Phillip Wood
2023-08-05 10:40 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] subtree: disallow --no-{help,quiet,debug,branch,message} René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] t1502, docs: disallow --no-help René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] t1502: move optionspec help output to a file René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] t1502: test option negation René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] parse-options: show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] subtree: disallow --no-{help,quiet,debug,branch,message} René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] t1502, docs: disallow --no-help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] t1502: move optionspec help output to a file René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:39 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] t1502: test option negation René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:40 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] parse-options: show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:43 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] parse-options: factor out usage_indent() and usage_padding() René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:44 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] parse-options: no --[no-]no- René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:52 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] parse-options: simplify usage_padding() René Scharfe
2023-08-05 23:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] show-branch: fix --no-sparse René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 16:30 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] show-branch: disallow --no-{date,topo}-order René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] reset: disallow --no-{mixed,soft,hard,merge,keep} René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] pack-objects: fix --no-quiet René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] pack-objects: fix --no-keep-true-parents René Scharfe
2023-07-21 17:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:42 ` [PATCH] branch: disallow --no-{all,remotes} René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:42 ` [PATCH] am: unify definition of --keep-cr and --no-keep-cr René Scharfe
2023-07-21 13:41 ` [PATCH] describe: fix --no-exact-match René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-08 21:27 ` Jeff King
2023-08-08 21:28 ` Jeff King
2023-08-09 1:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-09 14:09 ` Jeff King
2023-08-09 16:41 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-09 19:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-10 0:26 ` Jeff King
2023-08-10 1:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-10 19:45 ` René Scharfe [this message]
2023-08-10 0:41 ` Jeff King
2023-08-10 19:10 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 15:11 ` Jeff King
2023-08-11 17:59 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 18:24 ` Jeff King
2023-08-12 5:11 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 15:13 ` Jeff King
2023-08-11 17:59 ` René Scharfe
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