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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, christian.couder@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] trailer: use singly-linked list, not doubly
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:24:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmvia5bkf.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8e12e0954f0a23d7c7905c58a3f7d8084d9338be.1476232683.git.jonathantanmy@google.com> (Jonathan Tan's message of "Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:23:25 -0700")

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

> Use singly-linked lists (instead of doubly-linked lists) in trailer to
> keep track of arguments (whether implicit from configuration or explicit
> from the command line) and trailer items.
>
> This change significantly reduces the code length and simplifies the code.
> There are now fewer pointers to be manipulated, but most trailer
> manipulations now require seeking from beginning to end, so there might
> be a slight net decrease in performance; however the number of trailers
> is usually small (10 to 15 at the most) so this should not cause a big
> impact.

It is overall a very good change, but can you split this into two
independent patches?  s/struct trailer_item/const &/ sprinkled all
over the place is more or less unrelated change and it is very
distracting to see the primary change of the way lists are handled.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-12  7:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-12  1:23 [PATCH 0/5] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12  1:23 ` [PATCH 1/5] trailer: use singly-linked list, not doubly Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12  6:24   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-10-12 15:38   ` Christian Couder
2016-10-12 17:26     ` Jeff King
2016-10-12  1:23 ` [PATCH 2/5] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12  1:23 ` [PATCH 3/5] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12  1:23 ` [PATCH 4/5] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12  1:23 ` [PATCH 5/5] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12  6:23   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-12 23:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:29     ` Jakub Narębski
2016-10-14 18:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-12 23:40   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-12 23:40   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:37   ` [PATCH v3 1/6] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-17 22:49     ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-14 17:37   ` [PATCH v3 2/6] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-14 17:38   ` [PATCH v3 3/6] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-17 23:01     ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-14 17:38   ` [PATCH v3 4/6] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-17 23:20     ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-18 16:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-14 17:38   ` [PATCH v3 5/6] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-18  0:49     ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-18  1:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-18  2:02         ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-18 16:36           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-19 18:00             ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-19 19:24               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-14 17:38   ` [PATCH v3 6/6] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-18  0:55     ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-20 21:39 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 1/8] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 2/8] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 3/8] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 4/8] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 5/8] trailer: clarify failure modes in parse_trailer Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 22:07     ` Stefan Beller
2016-10-20 22:14       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-20 22:40         ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 22:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-20 22:49             ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21  0:18               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-22 13:07                 ` Christian Couder
2016-10-22 16:19                   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-10-22  9:29             ` Christian Couder
2016-10-20 22:45           ` Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 6/8] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 7/8] trailer: forbid leading whitespace in trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-20 21:39   ` [PATCH v4 8/8] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54   ` [PATCH v5 1/8] trailer: improve const correctness Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54   ` [PATCH v5 2/8] trailer: use list.h for doubly-linked list Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54   ` [PATCH v5 3/8] trailer: streamline trailer item create and add Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:54   ` [PATCH v5 4/8] trailer: make args have their own struct Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55   ` [PATCH v5 5/8] trailer: clarify failure modes in parse_trailer Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55   ` [PATCH v5 6/8] trailer: allow non-trailers in trailer block Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55   ` [PATCH v5 7/8] trailer: forbid leading whitespace in trailers Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 17:55   ` [PATCH v5 8/8] trailer: support values folded to multiple lines Jonathan Tan
2016-10-21 23:59   ` [PATCH v5 0/8] allow non-trailers and multiple-line trailers Junio C Hamano
2016-10-22  0:06     ` Stefan Beller

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