From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 05/10] pkt-line: rename s/packet_read_line/packet_read/
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:29:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130218102931.GP5096@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130218101915.GE7049@elie.Belkin>
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 02:19:15AM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Jeff King wrote:
>
> > Originally packets were used just for the line-oriented ref
> > advertisement and negotiation. These days, we also stuff
> > packfiles and sidebands into them, and they do not
> > necessarily represent a line. Drop the "_line" suffix, as it
> > is not informative and makes the function names quite long
> > (especially as we add "_gently" and other variants).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> > ---
> > Again, this is a taste issue. Can be optional.
>
> In combination with patch 3, this changes the meaning of packet_read()
> without changing its signature, which could make other patches
> cherry-picked on top change behavior in unpredictable ways. :(
>
> So I'd be all for this if the signature changes (for example to put
> the fd at the end or something), but not so if not.
True. Though packet_read has only existed since last June, only had one
callsite (which would now conflict, since I'm touching it in this
series), and has no new calls in origin..origin/pu. So it's relatively
low risk for such a problem. I don't know how careful we want to be.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-18 10:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-16 6:44 [PATCH 0/3] make smart-http more robust against bogus server input Jeff King
2013-02-16 6:46 ` [PATCH 1/3] pkt-line: teach packet_get_line a no-op mode Jeff King
2013-02-17 10:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-16 6:47 ` [PATCH 2/3] remote-curl: verify smart-http metadata lines Jeff King
2013-02-17 10:49 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-17 19:14 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 0:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 8:59 ` Jeff King
2013-02-16 6:49 ` [PATCH 3/3] remote-curl: sanity check ref advertisement from server Jeff King
2013-02-17 11:05 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-17 19:28 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 1:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 9:12 ` [PATCHv2 0/10] pkt-line and remote-curl cleanups server Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:14 ` [PATCHv2 01/10] pkt-line: move a misplaced comment Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:15 ` [PATCHv2 02/10] pkt-line: drop safe_write function Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:56 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 10:24 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:16 ` [PATCHv2 03/10] pkt-line: clean up "gentle" reading function Jeff King
2013-02-18 10:12 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 10:25 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:22 ` [PATCHv2 04/10] pkt-line: change error message for oversized packet Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 9:49 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 21:33 ` Jeff King
2013-02-20 8:47 ` Jeff King
2013-02-20 8:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 10:15 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 10:26 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:22 ` [PATCHv2 05/10] pkt-line: rename s/packet_read_line/packet_read/ Jeff King
2013-02-18 10:19 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 10:29 ` Jeff King [this message]
2013-02-18 11:05 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 9:26 ` [PATCHv2 06/10] pkt-line: share buffer/descriptor reading implementation Jeff King
2013-02-18 10:43 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 10:48 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 10:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 9:27 ` [PATCHv2 07/10] teach get_remote_heads to read from a memory buffer Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:29 ` [PATCHv2 08/10] remote-curl: pass buffer straight to get_remote_heads Jeff King
2013-02-18 10:47 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-18 9:29 ` [PATCHv2 0/10] pkt-line and remote-curl cleanups server Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 9:33 ` Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-18 9:55 ` Jeff King
2013-02-20 7:14 ` Shawn Pearce
2013-02-18 9:29 ` [PATCHv2 09/10] remote-curl: move ref-parsing code up in file Jeff King
2013-02-18 9:30 ` [PATCHv2 10/10] remote-curl: always parse incoming refs Jeff King
2013-02-18 10:50 ` Jonathan Nieder
2013-02-20 7:41 ` Shawn Pearce
2013-02-20 7:05 ` [PATCHv2 0/10] pkt-line and remote-curl cleanups server Shawn Pearce
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