From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] inline constant return from error() function
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 14:13:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140512181326.GA31164@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqppjkut6s.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 10:22:03AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> The alternative you mentioned up-thread "... to write out "return
> error(...)" as "error(...); return -1". In some ways that is more
> readable, though it is more verbose..." has one more downside you
> did not mention, and the approach to encapsulate it inside error()
> will not have it: new call-sites to error() do not have to worry
> about the issue with this approach.
>
> Until it breaks, that is. But that goes without saying with the
> "it's something we can count on" pre-condition in place ;-).
Yeah, I agree with this thinking. I'd rather not do something that
impacts each callsite until we have exhausted other options that hide
the complexity in the definition.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-12 18:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-04 6:12 [PATCH 0/3] Fix a ton of compiler warnings Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04 6:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] Revert "make error()'s constant return value more visible" Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 5:49 ` Jeff King
2014-05-05 5:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 6:02 ` Jeff King
2014-05-05 6:14 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 6:29 ` Jeff King
2014-05-05 7:30 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 21:29 ` Jeff King
2014-05-06 15:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] inline constant return from error() function Jeff King
2014-05-06 22:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 3:02 ` Jeff King
2014-05-11 17:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-12 18:13 ` Jeff King [this message]
2014-05-11 7:13 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-12 18:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-05-12 18:56 ` Jeff King
2014-05-06 15:17 ` [PATCH 2/2] let clang use the constant-return error() macro Jeff King
2014-05-04 6:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] Revert "silence some -Wuninitialized false positives" Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04 6:12 ` [PATCH 3/3] Silence a bunch of format-zero-length warnings Felipe Contreras
2014-05-04 19:01 ` brian m. carlson
2014-05-04 20:13 ` Felipe Contreras
2014-05-05 5:21 ` Jeff King
2014-05-07 18:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 20:05 ` Heiko Voigt
2014-05-07 20:31 ` Junio C Hamano
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