From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>, Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>
Cc: Pascal Obry <pascal.obry@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix.
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:21:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4768E2B1.7030405@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4768DC78.9010304@op5.se>
Andreas Ericsson schrieb:
> Pascal Obry wrote:
>> Andreas Ericsson a écrit :
>>> Pascal Obry wrote:
>>>> int thread = 0;
>>>> + int no_name_prefix = 0;
>>> Do we not need no double negations, yes?
>>
>> Not sure, looks clearer to use variable name corresponding to the option
>> name to me...
Sure. Only that the option name is --name-prefix, and the no- part of it
is just the negation (that many other long option names also offer).
> Perhaps. We just had this discussion on the list where multiple people had
> extended a negative-sounding option. Personally I find it hard to parse
> and bug-prone to write (and edit) something like
>
> if (!no_prefix)
> add_the_prefix();",
>
> but perhaps that's just me.
Oh, no, you are not alone!
Johannes "We-don't-need-no-steenkin'-duuble-negations" Sixt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-19 9:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-18 15:42 [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 15:47 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 15:54 ` Johannes Sixt
2007-12-18 15:59 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-18 16:54 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 17:06 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 17:56 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 18:56 ` [PATCH] Teach diff machinery to display other prefixes than "a/" and "b/" Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 19:03 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 19:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-18 19:32 ` [PATCH v4] " Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 19:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-12-18 20:07 ` [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix Junio C Hamano
2007-12-18 16:03 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-12-18 16:11 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-19 8:55 ` Andreas Ericsson
2007-12-19 9:21 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2007-12-18 16:21 ` [PATCH] Teach diff machinery to display other prefixes than "a/" and "b/" Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 16:45 ` Pascal Obry
2007-12-18 16:58 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-12-18 17:02 ` Matthieu Moy
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