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Wed, 8 Apr 2026 17:48:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Patrick Steinhardt Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] odb: introduce "inmemory" source In-Reply-To: (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Wed, 8 Apr 2026 10:22:22 +0200") References: <20260403-b4-pks-odb-source-inmemory-v1-0-8b8d1abaa25e@pks.im> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:48:52 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Patrick Steinhardt writes: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 08:41:16AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Patrick Steinhardt writes: >> >> > this patch series introduces the second object database source type, >> > which is the "inmemory" source. >> >> I cannot read the word without a hyphen, i.e.e.g., "in-memory". > > Fair. I think I'll keep it as `odb_source_inmemory` in the sources, > which I find easier ot parse than `odb_source_in_memory`, but will adapt > to "in-memory" in prose. I already did this for most of the part, but > not in the cover letter indeed. Fair. FWIW, we do the same for "in core" or "in-core" in prose, and "incore" in identifier names, so the above is understandable position to take. But stepping back a bit, does this new "in memory" refer to a concept that is different from what the rest of the system uses "in core" to represent?