RE: [PATCH] Removed unnecessary void* from hashmap.h that caused compile warnings

["Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>]

On January 15, 2018 3:43 PM, Thomas Gummerer wrote:
> Thanks for your patch!  A few nitpicks below:
> 
> > Subject: [PATCH] Removed unnecessary void* from hashmap.h that caused
> > compile warnings
> 
> From Documentation/SubmittingPatches:
> 
>     Describe your changes in imperative mood, e.g. "make xyzzy do frotz"
>     instead of "[This patch] makes xyzzy do frotz" or "[I] changed xyzzy
>     to do frotz", as if you are giving orders to the codebase to change
>     its behavior.
> 
> I liked the subject Philip suggested in the other thread: "hashmap.h:
> remove unnecessary void*", or maybe "hashmap.h: remove unnecessary
> variable".
> 
> On 01/14, randall.s.becker@rogers.com wrote:
> > From: "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> >
> > * hashmap.h: Revised the while loop in the
> hashmap_enable_item_counting
> > 	to remove unneeded void* item.
> 
> As above, this should be described in an imperative mood, and describe why
> this is a good change and should be merged.  Maybe something along the
> lines of the below?
> 
>     In 'hashmap_enable_item_counting()', item is assigned but never
>     used.  This causes a warning on HP NonStop.  As the variable is
>     never used, fix this by just removing it.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>
> > ---
> >  hashmap.h | 3 +--
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/hashmap.h b/hashmap.h
> > index 7ce79f3..d375d9c 100644
> > --- a/hashmap.h
> > +++ b/hashmap.h
> > @@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ static inline void
> hashmap_disable_item_counting(struct hashmap *map)
> >   */
> >  static inline void hashmap_enable_item_counting(struct hashmap *map)
> > {
> > -	void *item;
> >  	unsigned int n = 0;
> >  	struct hashmap_iter iter;
> >
> > @@ -408,7 +407,7 @@ static inline void
> hashmap_enable_item_counting(struct hashmap *map)
> >  		return;
> >
> >  	hashmap_iter_init(map, &iter);
> > -	while ((item = hashmap_iter_next(&iter)))
> > +	while (hashmap_iter_next(&iter))
> >  		n++;
> >
> >  	map->do_count_items = 1;

I like it. Do you need this resubmitted? Or should I just learn for next
time?

Cheers,
Randall