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From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
To: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
Cc: Pascal Obry <pascal.obry@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix.
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:55:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4768DC78.9010304@op5.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4767F145.3030109@obry.net>

Pascal Obry wrote:
> Andreas Ericsson a écrit :
>> Pascal Obry wrote:
>>>      int thread = 0;
>>> +    int no_name_prefix = 0;
>> Do we not need no double negations, yes?
> 
> Not sure, looks clearer to use variable name corresponding to the option
> name to me...
> 

Perhaps. We just had this discussion on the list where multiple people had
extended a negative-sounding option. Personally I find it hard to parse
and bug-prone to write (and edit) something like

	if (!no_prefix)
		add_the_prefix();",

but perhaps that's just me.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson@op5.se
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-12-19  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-18 15:42 [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 15:47 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 15:54 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-12-18 15:59   ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 16:50     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-18 16:54       ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 17:06       ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 17:56         ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 18:56           ` [PATCH] Teach diff machinery to display other prefixes than "a/" and "b/" Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 19:03             ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 19:05             ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-18 19:32               ` [PATCH v4] " Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 19:55                 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-18 20:07       ` [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix Junio C Hamano
2007-12-18 16:03 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-12-18 16:11   ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-19  8:55     ` Andreas Ericsson [this message]
2007-12-19  9:21       ` Johannes Sixt
2007-12-18 16:21 ` [PATCH] Teach diff machinery to display other prefixes than "a/" and "b/" Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 16:45   ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 16:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 17:02     ` Matthieu Moy

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