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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Jim Hill <gjthill@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] strbuf_read: skip unnecessary strbuf_grow at eof
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 06:59:01 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150601105901.GE31792@peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1433096205-14516-1-git-send-email-gjthill@gmail.com>

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 11:16:45AM -0700, Jim Hill wrote:

> Make strbuf_read not try to do read_in_full's job too.  If xread returns
> less than was requested it can be either eof or an interrupted read.  If
> read_in_full returns less than was requested, it's eof. Use read_in_full
> to detect eof and not iterate when eof has been seen.

I think this makes sense. I somehow had to read this over several times
to understand that the main point is not the cleanup, but rather the
space savings from not doing an extra strbuf_grow. Perhaps it is because
the main idea is mentioned only in the subject. Or perhaps I was just
being dense.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2015-06-01 10:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-31 18:16 [PATCH] strbuf_read: skip unnecessary strbuf_grow at eof Jim Hill
2015-06-01 10:59 ` Jeff King [this message]
2015-06-01 16:23   ` Junio C Hamano

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