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From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Matthias Lederhofer <matled@gmx.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pager: use an environment variable for pager_in_use
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:43:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45D60962.6010605@fs.ei.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702162004590.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>>> +int pager_in_use = getenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE");
>> test.c:3: error: initializer element is not constant
> Sorry.
> 
> Still, it feels wrong to use two system calls when you need none.

getenv() is usually no system call, but processed in userland.

However, I also always get the feeling that using environment variables within one process to communicate state seems wrong, but many old unix tools do it this way.

cheers
  simon

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      reply	other threads:[~2007-02-16 19:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-16 15:19 [BUG] git -p status does not use colors Matthias Lederhofer
2007-02-16 15:56 ` Jeff King
2007-02-16 18:22   ` [PATCH] pager: use an environment variable for pager_in_use Matthias Lederhofer
2007-02-16 18:35     ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-02-16 18:56       ` Matthias Lederhofer
2007-02-16 19:06         ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-02-16 19:43           ` Simon 'corecode' Schubert [this message]

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